Daily Question, July 2 How can I live a big YES to the adventure of my life? 35 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. Mary Pat1 month agoMary PatBy being me, doing what is calling me, and honoring that in my life. I had written a note to myself years ago that says….”if you had listened to yourself instead of others, what would you have done or left by the path of life?” and then I listed the things I would have done differently. And after that I started listening to myself. That was the big YES for me. 2 Reply Mica1 month agoMicaThere’s a woman on my weekly zoom who seems to be doing that so much more impressively than I – she was given a life expectancy of 3 yrs – and that was 5 yrs ago! I might live as much as a quarter century now, so I laze around contentedly a lot of the time. 🙂 4 Reply Don Jones1 month agoDon JonesWhen I cut a piece of wood, it takes care. I cut in a specific zone. Not too far on the waste side (the past) of the line. But at the same time, be careful to not cut either on the line or over the line (the future). The big YES comes from cutting right beside the line (now). It requires care and precision. 5 Reply Brother Ben1 month agoBrother BenI approach my life as if it is a roller coaster ride that has ups, downs, twists, and turns. As best as I can, I relax and go where the ride takes me. In my better moments, I trust God and enjoy the ride. 7 Reply Mica1 month agoMicaDear Brother Ben, you answer reminds me of an essay in a yoga magazine responding to the question of whether you’d rather be steering the boat down the rapids yourself or trusting some higher power to do it. I felt safer with the higher power. 🙂 2 Reply carol1 month agocarolhmm-- I re-read the question in light of the word for the day about the role of perception. Then I listened to someone on the radio saying... I heard my perception: based on fears, then expanded it a bit ... acceptance of the adventure of living in a society that by enlarge supports and promotes disparity and divisiveness, and being mindful as to not getting caught up with anything other than compassion and the importance of expanding my perceptions to include the innate capacity for compassi...hmm– I re-read the question in light of the word for the day about the role of perception. Then I listened to someone on the radio saying… I heard my perception: based on fears, then expanded it a bit … acceptance of the adventure of living in a society that by enlarge supports and promotes disparity and divisiveness, and being mindful as to not getting caught up with anything other than compassion and the importance of expanding my perceptions to include the innate capacity for compassion and wisdom. At this moment my opinion is that it is innate to the human condition that abandonment and shunning, as we do with those who are homeless and hungry, leaves people suffering of not having safety needs met today and in the future. We will continue to impose this suffering on each other until we take up the challenges of expanding toward ending the suffering within ourselves en-masse. Read More4 Reply Brian1 month agoBrianI think the Word for the Day today summarizes (a big part of) it quite well. 2 Reply Hot Sauce1 month agoHot SauceI can live a big YES to the adventure of my life by pursuing knowledge continually and being willing to explore new domains, like lucid dreaming and vision quests, so that I can grow spiritually through direct experience of transcendence. 2 Reply Charlie T1 month agoCharlie TBy not resisting and by being available to the moment. Like swimming in a river or the ocean, you can’t fight it, you need to work with it, or else you’ll struggle and struggle until you’re exhausted. 4 Reply Hermann-Josef1 month agoHermann-JosefYes is living out of that who we are. There may be any stimulus, which is already a given fact for this moment. It makes no sense to say no. It would bring suffering only. Once this yes is there, I accept life, which is always this very moment. After the yes I can think how to react to this stimulus intelligently and lovingly for me and my surrounding. Then the reaction follows. My freedom as a human being is exactly and only in between stimulus and reaction. 9 Reply Barb C1 month agoBarb CI read poetry each morning before coming to this site and often, serendipitously*, I read something that relates to the question of the day. That happened today so I'll share a set of questions that add to this one. From Which It All Began Bernadette Miller Tell me, what would you do today if you knew your life to be a celebration of this world? Would you stop to gather sunlight dropping soundlessly upon pines beyond your window pane? Would you court dreams too wide for the co...I read poetry each morning before coming to this site and often, serendipitously*, I read something that relates to the question of the day. That happened today so I’ll share a set of questions that add to this one. From Which It All Began Bernadette Miller Tell me, what would you do today if you knew your life to be a celebration of this world? Would you stop to gather sunlight dropping soundlessly upon pines beyond your window pane? Would you court dreams too wide for the container of consciousness? Would you linger in the terrible beauty of uncertainty as if the fullness of the world depended upon your presence? Would you cast your hopes upon possibilities that abide only in departure? Would you become the motion of your song, losing itself in overtones of delight or despair and returning, finally, to the stillness from which it all began? https://janicefalls.wordpress.com/2019/07/ *It has long been my observation/belief that serendipity happens when you’re paying attention. Read More9 Reply Michele1 month agoMichelelove the word serendipity. My heart and soul awaits for that to happen if/when I ever fall in love again. 0 Reply Elaine1 month agoElaineas if the fullness of the world depended upon your presenceTaking this in! 2 Reply Yram1 month agoYramAccepting invitations, chasing opportunities. To follow Br. David’s Stop, look, go practice. 3 Reply TofuLove1 month agoTofuLoveBy not denying myself loving others, even if I realize not all of them are good for me to interact with. I tend to be very willing to extend love to nearly anyone I meet, even others who most people find difficult to deal with, but at a certain point it’s OK to no longer interact with someone when they turn abusive. I think for me saying “yes” is accepting that I love people even at their worse, even if I realize that not everyone is ready to offer love and kindness. I just had someone cur...By not denying myself loving others, even if I realize not all of them are good for me to interact with. I tend to be very willing to extend love to nearly anyone I meet, even others who most people find difficult to deal with, but at a certain point it’s OK to no longer interact with someone when they turn abusive. I think for me saying “yes” is accepting that I love people even at their worse, even if I realize that not everyone is ready to offer love and kindness. I just had someone cursing me out (really though, they seem to just be in a weird place) that I was trying to be kind to and funnily, I don’t feel upset at them, I feel it’s a bit funny, not right for me as a friend and that I care about them and hope it all works out. I’m sort of amazed how much I don’t get upset by things and I think the big part is I don’t deny myself loving others, even if I cease interaction with them, the love and genuine affection for them never really stops. I seem to have for some reason a lot of love for everyone, even really difficult people so that’s how I remain open to life, I don’t deny myself loving ever. It’s odd to me though how much forgiveness and love I feel for really, really, really difficult people and how nothing seems to faze me or cause me to become closed off since everything negative others do, even if I realize the behaviors are not good and I need to extricate myself from those situations, I return with an instinctive I LOVE YOU and forgive you. Read More4 Reply Barb C1 month agoBarb CA friend of mine found a painted rock on a walk that had the words, The love we give away is the only love we keep. 2 Reply Michele1 month agoMicheleToday is International Drop a Rock Day. I found a rock while staying at the Gaylord Palms one day – it was so much fun and instantly put a huge smile on my face. I now have it in my front rock garden:) 0 Reply Mica1 month agoMicaThank you, Barb – that reminds me of what I saw on the beach one day, ‘written’ in something like kelp: “I ((Heart)) YOU THIS MUCH” – I love the photo I took and have made it into a number of greeting cards. 1 Reply Laura1 month agoLauraEyes and arms open wide. 3 Reply Holly in Ohio1 month agoHolly in OhioWorry less. Do more. Ignore complaints (especiallly my own!) Relish the day’s opportunities. Listen to people, give them time. Stop making excuses not to try new things. 7 Reply Christine1 month agoChristineHolly, I am glad to see you again 😍 2 Reply Holly in Ohio1 month agoHolly in OhioThank you, Christine! I missed you and everyone here, and the practice. I just got very busy for a while. 🙂 2 Reply Michele1 month agoMicheleBy taking one! I will try to go someplace new this weekend:) 4 Reply Trinity1 month agoTrinityBy being in contact with my heart. Having courage. Daring to dream beyond what I see possible at this moment. Allowing my heart to expand every day and being open to follow the movement of Life and to where it´s taking me. 6 Reply Michele1 month agoMichelecute kitty profile pic:) 3 Reply Trinity1 month agoTrinityThanks, she´s my Siberian queen.. <3 3 Reply Mica1 month agoMicaCats aren’t so helpless as guinea pigs – if they want to be with me, or not, they can just come over, or leave. And they don’t need walking like dogs. 🙂 Warm wishes to you, Trinity. 1 Reply Mica1 month agoMicaPets are such dears, aren’t they, Trinity? – I plan to get my first cat when my nearly-5-yr-old guinea pig dies 🙂 2 Reply Trinity1 month agoTrinityYes cats are the best! They have it all figured out..! 🙂 2 Reply EJP1 month agoEJPBy opening my heart and soul and moving forward one step at a time. 4 Reply sunnypatti1 month agosunnypattiI woke up, and I said thank you. With an open heart and no expectations, I’ll welcome each moment as the day moves forward. 9 Reply Antoinette1 month agoAntoinetteShow up with an open mind ready to let go. 8 Reply Kevin1 month agoKevinWake up feet first feeling forward something new through eager ageing eyes. 11 Reply 1 2 Next » My Private Gratitude Journal Write an entry in your private gratefulness journal Get Started This site is brought to you by A Network for Grateful Living, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are fully tax deductible in the U.S.A. DONATE https://gratefulness.org/content/uploads/2015/03/GX-Gold-Participant-L.png Community Engagement Guidelines Privacy Policy [email protected] Connect with us on Social Media: © 2000 - 2022, A Network for Grateful Living Website by Briteweb