Daily Question, October 23 What is bringing my life meaning right now? 51 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Linda7 months agoLindaI am signing up to do meaningful community projects as a volunteer. I am also making an effort to have more good food on hand to prepare and eat at home with my husband. While working I didn’t bother much with that, and ate on the run (if at all). It feels good to prepare and eat good food! 3 Reply Brown Rose7 months agoBrown RoseHaving goals/a to-do list 2 Reply Sandra7 months agoSandraFall and how it is showing us the beauty i.n letting go . 4 Reply Don Jones7 months agoDon JonesI am thinking that “meaning making” is a reductive process. I am in an expansive mode at the moment, so it is more about paying attention to what is. An exploration of the hierarchy of Heaven and Earth. 3 Reply Ose7 months agoOseCloseness and intimacy with my dear ones with whom I am right now, where there is softness, honesty and space for the wrongs we all do, and equally for the good we all do leads to be intensely aware of our shared vulnerability. To take care even more and to love deeply. 6 Reply Dusty Su7 months agoDusty SuRest, reflection, realization, recouping! 6 Reply dcdeb7 months agodcdebHelping others with what they have to do. Being of assistance. 6 Reply pkr7 months agopkrMy daughter. My cousin. A renewed relationship with my Sister, who was “lost” for many years. Myself. I am trying to heal & care for myself, after being my mother & brother’s only caregiver for 1.5 years. Having been displaced from my home on the West Coast, I am back. I need lots of tending to, as does my “home”. My faith. 10 Reply Ose7 months agoOseDear pkr, welcome back. May healing and care be with you. I will keep you in my prayers. Wishing you a good nights sleep and may you wake up refreshed to meet the new day, in faith. 4 Reply pkr7 months agopkrDear Ose, thank you for your kind thoughts & prayers. Peace & Love to you from a very windy, rainy No. California. 🙏🌨💨❤️🙏 2 Reply Elaine7 months agoElaineHosting a gratefulness gathering which begins Monday! Supporting smart young climate justice champions in words, actions, money. 9 Reply Pilgrim7 months agoPilgrimLife herself. Every day new and gift. 9 Reply Marnie Jackson7 months agoMarnie JacksonWorking with people as a team to make a better school. Connecting with and enjoying my family. 5 Reply sparrow7 months agosparrow. . . in a way, the dying of my mother in law, which brings me to an increased presence to my own life, and connecting with her in these last moments . . . an awareness of the cycle of all things, at one with the Universe . . . bringing to the surface what is important and what is not . . . 11 Reply Sandra7 months agoSandraSparrow, I am in a similar position. Your words have special resonance. I am glad your mother in law is peaceful and you have these insights as you and she journey through this process 🙏 3 Reply sparrow7 months agosparrowThank you, dear Sandra… I am grateful for this . . . 2 Reply Pilgrim7 months agoPilgrimI am sorry for your loss, sparrow. Gentle blessings and peace to you and your family. 6 Reply sparrow7 months agosparrowThank you, dear Pilgrim . . . she is still on the precipice, but is at peace… 6 Reply Mary Pat7 months agoMary PatAlways my children and grandchildren. Our dog. Because I have Covid, and am now finished with quarantine, I hope to help others with making meals when they are sick with the meal train others have helped me with, as well as walking another persons dog when they are sick, just as others did for us. In helping others, I bring a new kind of meaning to my life. I thought I was too old anymore to make meals for others or help them in any way, but one of the "helpers" I have had is a young mother, and...Always my children and grandchildren. Our dog. Because I have Covid, and am now finished with quarantine, I hope to help others with making meals when they are sick with the meal train others have helped me with, as well as walking another persons dog when they are sick, just as others did for us. In helping others, I bring a new kind of meaning to my life. I thought I was too old anymore to make meals for others or help them in any way, but one of the “helpers” I have had is a young mother, and has started asking me questions about how to be a good mother to her baby…she had a traumatic childhood. I will offer what guidance I can, and that brings about another meaning to life now…I will be the “helper” when asked! Read More11 Reply Me7 months agoMeRoutine, work, calmness 7 Reply Chester7 months agoChesterSimultaneous self cultivation and giving of my perspective and support to others – that has been the prevailing theme for most of my life and expect these two priorities will continue to be most meaningful and important – although expect the relative focus on each will continue to vary over time. 8 Reply Holly in Ohio7 months agoHolly in OhioI think most people want very much to do something about climate change and pollution, but they don't always know what they can do, or how easy it is, and may feel a little powerless. I feel blessed that now I'm almost accidentally of service to others, in helping them find little things they can do that have a big impact. I was just asked yesterday if I would speak about recycling at a nature center in Texas, of all places! It's a bit too far for me, practically, but I was flattered. So to ans...I think most people want very much to do something about climate change and pollution, but they don’t always know what they can do, or how easy it is, and may feel a little powerless. I feel blessed that now I’m almost accidentally of service to others, in helping them find little things they can do that have a big impact. I was just asked yesterday if I would speak about recycling at a nature center in Texas, of all places! It’s a bit too far for me, practically, but I was flattered. So to answer the question, service is one of the things that gives meaning to my life right now, being able to answer questions or hold a lantern to show the way, to empower others and help them realize that they can make a difference. Love for humanity and the earth brings meaning to my life. Read More6 Reply Nelson7 months agoNelsonI shut down my work computer early yesterday. I promised my partner this weekend I wouldn’t work. This weekend is all about quality time with family. It feels so good to reconnect with loved ones. 8 Reply Patricia7 months agoPatriciaUsing the last of the garden veggies: a bunch of green cherry tomatoes… I mean a whole bunch! … how do I use them if I don’t want to pickle them? I found a chicken and green tomato chili recipe that I’ll make later today. I find that using as much as I can of the produce of my own garden brings joy and meaning…. and immense gratitude. 7 Reply Holly in Ohio7 months agoHolly in OhioThere are also two ways I've found to ripen many green tomatoes, Patricia. One year before frost I pulled up whole tomato plants, roots and all, and hung them upside down in my mud room. It actually worked! In a week I had more red tomatoes. The other way (less messy) is to take green tomatoes and put them in a brown paper bag, and then check them every day. As tomatoes become red, remove them from the bag. Not all the green tomatoes will ripen. If they are still small and hard, they will st...There are also two ways I’ve found to ripen many green tomatoes, Patricia. One year before frost I pulled up whole tomato plants, roots and all, and hung them upside down in my mud room. It actually worked! In a week I had more red tomatoes. The other way (less messy) is to take green tomatoes and put them in a brown paper bag, and then check them every day. As tomatoes become red, remove them from the bag. Not all the green tomatoes will ripen. If they are still small and hard, they will stay green. I hope you have a lovely meal tonight, Patricia! I know what you mean about “the last of tomatoes until next year.” 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅 Read More5 Reply Patricia7 months agoPatriciaIt's so funny that you wrote this - I did the same thing with a ton of regular tomato plants a few years ago, but hung them upside down in my unheated garage - (but under the house, so it never completely freezes but just kind of a root cellar temp). When I'd open the garage door, it looked like I was drying marijuana plants in there, seriously! ... Luckily we live in the woods so no neighbors could report my suspicious behavior! We had tomatoes ripening all the way to Thanksgiving that ye...It’s so funny that you wrote this – I did the same thing with a ton of regular tomato plants a few years ago, but hung them upside down in my unheated garage – (but under the house, so it never completely freezes but just kind of a root cellar temp). When I’d open the garage door, it looked like I was drying marijuana plants in there, seriously! … Luckily we live in the woods so no neighbors could report my suspicious behavior! We had tomatoes ripening all the way to Thanksgiving that year. I’ve done the paper bag thing with large tomatoes, but I frankly just want to use up these little guys and be done with them! Big tomatoes are worth the time and effort to baby them along… Read More5 Reply Holly in Ohio7 months agoHolly in OhioLol. Enjoy them, Patricia! We will both be waiting and anticipating next year’s tomatoes! 2 Reply Michele7 months agoMicheleThe joy of watching an armadillo and a feral cat I named Daphne in my backyard. What an active morning! I have been feeding this cat for over a week now – I think she is feral and not a neighbors because she is very scared of me and does not come up. I talk to her and she meows back at me. She is soo cute. I had seen the armadillo once before months ago so it was a treat to see him very active all over my yard this morning. Oh and of course the peacocks too. 7 Reply Lauryn7 months agoLaurynGive it time…there is a not-so-feral cat who I’ve been feeding for over a year…in the past two months, he’s finally allowed me to pet him… I’ve started thinking of these guys as garden cats 🐈 2 Reply Javier Visionquest7 months agoJavier VisionquestArmadillos are tactical assault opossums 5 Reply Holly in Ohio7 months agoHolly in OhioLol Javier. 2 Reply Nannette7 months agoNannetteMy faith, the love of my husband and the love and craziness of my life with my dog and two cats. It is now Autumn and the air is cooler, leaves are dancing as they fall…a time of looking back and looking ahead. I am so thankful for this life. 7 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. 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