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Daily Question, May 1

What is this moment offering?

  • Kahea

    solitude 🙂

  • reality

    I was able to write a great twig of poetree today, inspired by Brother David’s quote from the other day, the word of the day: “May we never forget the crippled, wind-beaten trees, how they, too, bud, green and bloom. May we, too, take courage to bloom where we are planted”, BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST. Also, able to share it and appreciate music, TV, ‘… of Eve’, etc.. What a great site this is, I’m grateful for it and all you All do. Have a good day 🙂 reality

  • TeriB

    An opportunity to be strong and open to new opportunities.

  • Malag

    Feeling warmth on my skin, light in my life from a ball of fire 150 million kms away

  • kds618

    This moment is offering me peace, rest, and rejuvination. I have excerised and been more food smart. I have learnt how to budget money. I am thankful for stability and a chance to be reflective in tough times. I am learning to appreciate people around me. This moment is offering me the opportunity to work on self-improvement and inner happiness.

  • Javier Visionquest

    Massive compression. future, past, present pooling in a still depression. Happy May Day!!

    • Michele

      Happy Beltane to you:) Hang in there, battling depression is a battle, one day at a time:)

  • Jasmin

    Stillness and quiet and peace, resting within myself.

  • Ose

    Gratefulness for an afternoon with some friends, playing cards, sharing, having fun, For their well being. For their being.

  • Hot Sauce

    This moment is offering me an opportunity to learn and grow in wisdom. I am about to do some schoolwork, so what I do next will, God-willing, allow me to think deeply about my beliefs and values and to adjust them as necessary.

  • Pollyanna Gladwell

    The answer for me lies in the noun in today’s question and it is offering me MOMENTUM. The more I practice grateful living, the more attentive I become and so I notice more to be grateful for. Joy!

  • Dawn Noel
    I’m reminded of Rumi’s poem, “The Guest House”… This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice. meet them at the door laughing and in...

    I’m reminded of Rumi’s poem, “The Guest House”…

    This being human is a guest house.
    Every morning a new arrival.
    A joy, a depression, a meanness,
    some momentary awareness comes
    as an unexpected visitor.
    Welcome and entertain them all!
    Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
    who violently sweep your house
    empty of its furniture,
    still, treat each guest honorably.
    He may be clearing you out
    for some new delight.
    The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
    meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
    Be grateful for whatever comes.
    because each has been sent
    as a guide from beyond.
    — Jellaludin Rumi
    Translated by Coleman Barks

    Today my house is tumultuous. However, I know time will affect that frame of mind. Peace to everyone here. Stay safe. ??

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    • Pollyanna Gladwell

      Thank you so much for this poem, Dawn Noel. It’s new to me and I have saved it for regular reading. A gift indeed! Blessings.

      • Dawn Noel

        You’re so welcome, Pollyanna! I’m happy it resonates for you. Rumi’s work is wonderful. Blessings to you as well.

  • Mica

    a painful opportunity to reply to a distressing email from a family member, but I guess i can be grateful they’re still alive and living near me!

  • Gerry

    Cream in my coffee, sunshine in the sky, deer browsing out back. This moment is beautiful. Thank you, powers that be.

  • Rachel

    I can’t help but think this is a kind offering, a gentle nudge asking me to look at the world with clear eyes. Asking me to look at how I am living. How can I better embody the world I want to live in? How am I not? Where am I complacent? Where am I in denial? How can I participate in this reckoning so that this nudge isn’t followed by something more forceful?

  • Judi

    My core of calm and trust reigns over my fear of the unknown.

  • Sandra Sperry

    Centering peace amidst chaos

  • Linda

    An appreciation of good health.

  • Cindy Lee

    Quiet time to ponder and appreciate the beauty and freshness of the morning sky.

  • Melissa

    This moment gives me gratefulness for being able to start a new day with health and courage to be alive.

  • slawrence

    This moment offers the opportunity to choose gratitude instead of self-pity, joy instead of anger, peace instead of sorrow.

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