Daily Question, January 16 What is bringing your life meaning right now? 46 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. Sej2 months agoSejMy baking – the lockdown has allowed me the chance to foster a new hobby and create all kinds of lovely bakes. I love the downtime too and long walks in nature. 0 Reply Ed Schulte3 months agoEd SchulteTHE I CHING this morning “Plow your field for a field well-plowed, not for possible harvests. Clear the wasteland for land well-cleared, not for potential rich fields. Such guileless enterprise can’t help but succeed.” 3 Reply Malag3 months agoMalagA morning routine that centres me and I can appreciate the moment. The longer I live the more I appreciate the moments of presence moving from grand meanings to, instead, the small, When I’m more centred I can be more aligned to my values and kinder to me and everyone else. 4 Reply Sej3 months agoSejI love this x 1 Reply Mica3 months agoMicaMy work, family, and friends – and of course my guinea pig. 4 Reply Melissa3 months agoMelissaLooking forward to a vaccine and future with my grandkids. My new puppy, hiking, my spiritual practice, my husband , writing and books. Oh and especially working to save the environment and wildlife on planet Mother Earth. Been planting native plants a lot and trees. 6 Reply Don Jones3 months agoDon JonesMy spiritual and life practices. I have been reflecting on my journey across a range of topics lately and started a series of short videos called “Deep Thinking” which I record in my car when driving to work each day. I am enjoying the expression of these thoughts out loud. 6 Reply DeVonna3 months agoDeVonnaMy writing. Just this morning I wrote an essay about my favorite house. It was a house I lived in as a foster child. It was a single story four bedroom house, with a wide front porch. The short driveway ended at the side of the house under a grape arbor, wide and shady, laden with fruit. The house was unlike any home I’ve ever lived in, it was not a cheap cardboard characature of it’s neighbors, like so many houses in suburbia are. This house was different, unique, enchanting. It had hard wo...My writing. Just this morning I wrote an essay about my favorite house. It was a house I lived in as a foster child. It was a single story four bedroom house, with a wide front porch. The short driveway ended at the side of the house under a grape arbor, wide and shady, laden with fruit. The house was unlike any home I’ve ever lived in, it was not a cheap cardboard characature of it’s neighbors, like so many houses in suburbia are. This house was different, unique, enchanting. It had hard wood floors and large windows and wood fire place in the front room, flanked by glass covered built-in book shelves. The back yard however, was where the magic happened. It was a full acre of fruit trees. In Los Angeles County, no less! There were persimmon, plum, peach and apricot trees. It was a paradise of hidding places and safe spots. The trees were groomed to be low to the ground and their branches created little rooms beneath them, where a child could lay in the grass, read a book and eat the half-ripe fruit. The house also had something I’d never seen before, a cellar. With an outside entrance you would step down concrete steps to the dirt floor of the cellar. It’s walls were poured cement and were lined with wooden shelves. What a wonderful place to play store! I raced the length of that lovely yard on my imaginary horses, my long hair whipping out behind me like a mane in the wind. My heart took flight also during those times and i felt joy, ever so briefly. It was a wonderful house, a warm and welcoming house, filled with hateful lonely people…and I loved it’s wooden beams and creaking floors. I lived there 6 wks. Read More4 Reply Michele3 months agoMicheleWhat a beautiful memory for you although it is a shame there was a sad twist to the end of it ‘filled with hateful lonely people’. Pretty damn powerful for living there 6 wks. 1 Reply Lauryn3 months agoLaurynMy cats, my partner, music, cooking good food, going hiking. 5 Reply Elaine3 months agoElaineNoticing beauty everywhere. Making real stuff: food, earth altars, courageous conversations, tiny rugs, pieces of writing. 5 Reply Michele3 months agoMicheleI read the earth altar piece and created one myself yesterday. I’m not a creative person at all, and on a whim, went in my backyard and just did it. Was fun. 0 Reply expati3 months agoexpatiWhen I was 17 I had my first job, packing and carrying out groceries at a supermarket, to buy my first car. The cashier, shelf stockers, customers, and everyone else was telling me what to do. Sometimes these imperatives conflicted. I was going crazy and tried to understand the meaning of life. A jazz tune told me the answer: life is not for seeking meaning but for living. 6 Reply Linda3 months agoLindaKnowing that we are helping our grandson succeed in his chosen career. He is a hard worker and it is so nice to see him grow and become a lovely person in every way. 3 Reply Carrie3 months agoCarrieTime in reflection, a good cup of tea, connecting with friends more often, a church that is focused on social justice and knowing in my heart that love prevails. I am blessed with a new job. I now work for an organization focused on providing opportunities for people with a wide range of abilities the opportunity to live the best life they want to live. It is humbling and so inspiring. I am learning and sharing what I know which is my happy place. Not to say I am not concerned about the p...Time in reflection, a good cup of tea, connecting with friends more often, a church that is focused on social justice and knowing in my heart that love prevails. I am blessed with a new job. I now work for an organization focused on providing opportunities for people with a wide range of abilities the opportunity to live the best life they want to live. It is humbling and so inspiring. I am learning and sharing what I know which is my happy place. Not to say I am not concerned about the political climate in my country (United States). We have so much work to do here. And, it is opportunities like this (I am new to this group) that help me clear space for Grace which gives me the courage to fight for Justice. So grateful to have been sent an email from a friend connecting me to this group. Namaste. Read More6 Reply DeVonna3 months agoDeVonnaI’m curious about your church…what denomination is it? Peace. 2 Reply Carrie3 months agoCarrieIt is Methodist and inclusive. Not sure of you are aware of the schism last year but Urban Abbey voted to be open to all people. 1 Reply Helly3 months agoHellyThings are difficult for everyone at the moment, but i find the moments of Light feel even more special as a result. I find meaning in colour, kindness, friends and in my Faith. 6 Reply Ose3 months agoOseThank you, dear Helly. I can only second your reply. 4 Reply Journey3 months agoJourneyI’m battling severe and aggressive skin allergies since 6 months that make it difficult to get through the day without constantly applying creams. My skin is peeling, raw, red. Feels like a 100 pins and needles poking and looks like animals have ripped my face, neck and chest. I’m finding meaning, by reminding myself that there are life threatening conditions out there and many people are battling far bigger health issues. I’m finding meaning by logging on to this site and giving thanks, r...I’m battling severe and aggressive skin allergies since 6 months that make it difficult to get through the day without constantly applying creams. My skin is peeling, raw, red. Feels like a 100 pins and needles poking and looks like animals have ripped my face, neck and chest. I’m finding meaning, by reminding myself that there are life threatening conditions out there and many people are battling far bigger health issues. I’m finding meaning by logging on to this site and giving thanks, reflecting on the daily question, writing in my gratitude journal, praying, meditating and laughing daily. I am grateful daily that we are working from home and I don’t have to go into the office in this condition. Worry and stress gives me something to do but doesn’t take me any where. I’m finding meaning in just letting it be, doing everything I can for my skin and letting God, Life and the Universe do the rest to bring it back to health. Life is beautiful and that brings meaning to me everyday. Read More6 Reply Michele3 months agoMichelePrayers for you to find relief from your aggressive skin allergies. 1 Reply expati3 months agoexpatiWhat you said reminded me of no matter how bad things are, there is always others who have it a lot worse. Maybe it’s not a solace, but we can always be grateful our suffering is not worse than it is. 2 Reply Carrie3 months agoCarrieSending so much more love and light. Your condition sounds so painful and yet you find the light within. It is very inspiring to me and I thank you for sending that inspiration out to the world. 3 Reply Holly in Ohio3 months agoHolly in OhioHelping anyone to see they don't have to wait for government or industry to fix climate change, that each of us can empower ourselves to begin fixing it, and that by taking little steps at a time we not only help our own finances and lives, but we also send a continuing message to industry and government as to what the people want and hasten the process of their involvement. I also grow food and am drawing down carbon and restoring what had been a tired industrial farm into an Eden. Wildlif...Helping anyone to see they don’t have to wait for government or industry to fix climate change, that each of us can empower ourselves to begin fixing it, and that by taking little steps at a time we not only help our own finances and lives, but we also send a continuing message to industry and government as to what the people want and hasten the process of their involvement. I also grow food and am drawing down carbon and restoring what had been a tired industrial farm into an Eden. Wildlife has returned to it. Because of this success I am also hosting and mentoring agricultural students at a nearby college. Also, of course, I find meaning in just living life, loving my family, friends, and neighbors, knitting and making things, reading and learning, baking bread, cooking from scratch, and making a home. Giving away my sourdough and yogurt starters and teaching people how to use them. Giving away plant divides to friends and neighbors. Sometimes rescuing animals. Listening to, encouraging, and cheering my adult children, brother, friends, neighbors. This question took me by surprise. I think I could go on and on. I see meaning everywhere, and it’s funny…not ten minutes ago the quietness of Covid life was getting to me and I was thinking how bored I am. The joke’s on me! HHAHAHAHAHa Read More3 Reply Elaine3 months agoElaine“I find meaning in just living life”. Me too Holly! 2 Reply Papilio3 months agoPapilioSpending time with my son, who will fly back to Texas tomorrow morning, is giving my life meaning at this moment. Also, I’m writing my autobiography for him just in case he wants to know about his mother in the future long after I’m gone from the earth. 5 Reply Jackie3 months agoJackieKnowledge of and connection to what is Infinite gives my life meaning. 7 Reply Craig K3 months agoCraig KHelping others. Wishing others well. Family. Friends. Work. Being grateful. Being more observant and mindful. Faith. Really enjoying the little things. 8 Reply Patricia3 months agoPatriciaI am making a king-sized quilt for my older daughter and son-in-law…and I experience meaning through the creativity of the endeavor but also because (I trust) long after I’m gone, someone will be using this quilt and feeling love and warmth through it. I have a quilt made by my great-grandmother and crocheted afghans made by my grandmother and things made by my mother…. so passing that tradition along is important to me. 11 Reply Michele3 months agoMicheleYour reflection reminded me of my Nanny – sitting by her side as she would knit. My other grandmother would crochet. Hopefully the newer generation takes up these older hobbies. 0 Reply Carrie3 months agoCarrieI absolutely love this. My mother just passed and her great grandchildren will not remember her as they are all so young right now. She crocheted and stitched many items for her children. You just gave me the best idea: to make blankets with her name in them and give them to the great grandchildren with a little story about great grandma so they could know her a little. Thank you! And how beautiful you are doing this for your family! 5 Reply Patricia3 months agoPatriciaMy mother died this past August, and so these things are especially meaningful to me right now. Your gift to the grandkids so they know something of their great grandma is a wonderful idea. Blessings! 3 Reply Mike S3 months agoMike SOddly enough the pain I have been going through for the past year is giving me meeting because I know it is part of a much larger and meaningful process of personal transformation. If I could not hold my suffering within a framework that made sense life would be very sullen indeed. 8 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. 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