Option A) Uncover A World in Itself “The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” Henry Miller...
This month, choose a question that catches your attention and spend some time considering it. You may want to write down your answer, or just mull it over. Come back to the...
“This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know: that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness.” Mary Oliver There is only one world, and we...
Spiritual writer Eckhart Tolle speaks about presence in a distracted world. Mediation teacher Tara Brach tells a story about coming into presence. Humanitarian photographer Lisa Kristine speaks about presence and...
Books about presence Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson Sidewalk Flowers is an ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures. In this wordless picture book, a little girl...
“The universe is made up of atoms and stories, woven together.” Everybody has a story. And we so often don’t hear those stories, the stories that matter. The stories not just of...
Option A) What’s Your Wizard of Oz? Stories companion us. Most of us fell in love with a “made up” story in our childhood without which navigating our real life story would have...
As always, don’t treat these questions like “homework” or a list that needs to be covered in its entirety. Instead, simply pick the one question that “hooks” you. The goal of these...
“There are no true stories; we are making up every one of them.” Pema Chodron “There are only true stories. We are discovering the truth in them.” Christina Baldwin Storytelling is dangerous to...
From The School of Life, this video helps us reflect on how to tell our story. Enjoy this short TED talk exploring perspective and empathy in children’s stories from author Raghava...
