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Daily Question, October 8

What can I do differently so that I end this day with greater reverence for it?

  • Patricia

    I will continue to be grateful. I will be aware of where God is calling me to be responsive to others. I will be kind and loving. I will love God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength and love my neighbor as myself. This is how I will live the day with reverence and end the day with reverence.

  • sunnypatti

    Hard to think of the end of the day when the day has just begun! I think I live my life well, with lots of gratitude and reverence, so I’m not planning to do anything differently. If something arises that entices me to do something different, then I will. One moment at a time…

  • EJP

    Free my heart from hatred. Free my mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less and enjoy every moment.

  • ch

    Remembering the Creator when I see beauty today

  • Lee Anne
    I can give praise for everything: good, not-so-good, joy, and sorrow that unfolds. I do not know with absolute certainty what will happen today, but I DO know that an unexpected, unplanned delight and surprise will present themselves. And I will give praise. I know, too, that sadness may enter, throwing a momentary cloud, or challenge, in my path through the day. But for this, too, I will give praise. Is ‘praise’ reverence? I believe so. It is offering up a constant hosanna for all that happ...

    I can give praise for everything: good, not-so-good, joy, and sorrow that unfolds. I do not know with absolute certainty what will happen today, but I DO know that an unexpected, unplanned delight and surprise will present themselves. And I will give praise. I know, too, that sadness may enter, throwing a momentary cloud, or challenge, in my path through the day. But for this, too, I will give praise. Is ‘praise’ reverence? I believe so. It is offering up a constant hosanna for all that happens and that is reverence, worship to me.

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  • Kevin

    Today’s question begs another question: Why has someone determined, no judged, that I need greater reverence for my day ahead? Who has made that decision and why? Personally, I am at peace with how I will live my day today, with reverence and gratefulness, for the privilege of being here and alive to experience it.

    • Mica

      Go, Kevin! Yes indeed. I’m busy preparing for a presentation next week, so I’d like to have greater Something for doing this, and reverence is a fine Something to seek.

    • Holly in Ohio
      Could it be you are reading the questions more personally than they are designed? I look at them more as teases for enrichment, and some speak to me, and some do not, but will speak to someone else.. Anyone who knows you, knows you already have deep appreciation for your days, but then, you have been practicing, really, for a lifetime! Sometimes I imagine that these questions come from someone's own practice, and what they are, or at one time were, asking themselves. Whether it is true or no...

      Could it be you are reading the questions more personally than they are designed? I look at them more as teases for enrichment, and some speak to me, and some do not, but will speak to someone else.. Anyone who knows you, knows you already have deep appreciation for your days, but then, you have been practicing, really, for a lifetime!

      Sometimes I imagine that these questions come from someone’s own practice, and what they are, or at one time were, asking themselves. Whether it is true or not, it is the kind of thing I might do if I didn’t have the opportunity of someone asking me a question each day.

      Thank you for your comment. It definitely woke me to thinking more deeply about how I approach my days, and if I ever let myself just be satisfied! And yet another question, what is this practice I am doing? 🙂 Thank you, Kevin

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      • Kevin
        You know, Holly, that is entirely possible. I like the way you have framed your comments to me. I will give that some thought. But for sure my life and my days could always use more tweaking and improvements. Some of it, frankly, is whether or not I have a desire to do so! But, with the above said, I do sometimes think that some of the questions posed to us are, how shall I say, “broad brush,“ questions designed for a wide general audience even as they appear very personal in nature. ...

        You know, Holly, that is entirely possible. I like the way you have framed your comments to me. I will give that some thought.

        But for sure my life and my days could always use more tweaking and improvements. Some of it, frankly, is whether or not I have a desire to do so!

        But, with the above said, I do sometimes think that some of the questions posed to us are, how shall I say, “broad brush,“ questions designed for a wide general audience even as they appear very personal in nature. And it’s here where I sometimes sense that assumptions are made and even judgments are made in the course of crafting a daily question. So when I sense these types of questions, I do tend to take them personally and respond and kind. Thank you, Holly, for your perspective. (I just had an eye injection an hour ago so I am functioning with just one eye for the moment so please pardon any typos!)

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    • Pilgrim

      Amen!

  • Antoinette

    Let go. I can keep coming back to gratitude and letting go.

  • Christine

    For now, I am o.k., and at the end of the day I will be o.k. As always whatever happens.

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