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Daily Question, January 3

What is this moment offering?

  • Carol

    My first cup of coffee for the day, a fresh cinnamon roll that my son baked yesterday, bright sunshine to help melt the layer of ice that fell beneath the New Year’s Day snow which my compassionate neighbor already cleared off of my sidewalk and driveway. The opportunity to be grateful and hopefully the willingness to be present and learn whatever life has in store for me today.

  • Maurice Frank

    A moment to reflect, and also to plan (lightly).

  • Katrina

    The steadfast love of God.

  • Glen Harelson

    I am new to gratefulness.org. Discovered you all through Angeles Arrien’s book Living in Gratitude. Although knowing the benefits of being grateful and, even practicing gratitude from time to time, I am now ready to practice daily moment by moment. So thank you all for the opportunity to connect here.❤️

  • Howie Geib

    As always, potential. What will the tide bring in today? At this point in my life mornings are invitations.

  • DeVonna

    This is my “quiet time”, my morning time of contemplation and reflection. It’s the time of day when I set my “cornerstone” for the day. Every other act and thought of the day is strengthened and steadied by the time I spent preparing myself during this vital time.

  • 2labs

    The space for a big picture view of were I want to head on my life journey. I am blessed to have the ability, opportunity and wisdom to craft my life worth living as a result of what I have come through in my life.

  • EJP

    A new day with endless possibilities and opportunities.

  • MEG

    Time in the Here and Now … Being …in the Present moment. 🙏

  • Butterfly

    One more breath in this life experience.

  • Nelson

    The world is still quiet this early in the morning. It’s the perfect time to meditate and set an intention for my day.

  • Avril

    Privacy and quietude before the comings and goings. Time for journal. Readying to return to my wonderful job after a wonderful vacation.

  • Marnie Jackson

    This moment is offering an opportunity for my colleagues and I to work as a team – to come together and support each other through anxiety and uncertainty.

  • Carla

    A new Dawn and currently the opportunity to hold those on this website in prayer. Abundant Blessings to each of you.

  • Holly in Ohio

    I woke early when my husband got up for work. I was cold and experiencing some pain, but in THIS moment I am no longer in pain, I am warm, I have a hot cup of tea and a sweet orange, and I am getting drowsy again so I will be able to go back to sleep. I am content! I’m glad for the question because it brought my attention to the relief after brief discomfort, so that now I understand it as a gift.

  • Kevin

    At 4:30 AM, my day is just beginning. The only thing I want from this particular moment is to sit here quietly and drink my cup of coffee. What the day offers, and what the world wants from me can wait on the other side of my cup of coffee! After that, bring it on! 😊

  • Michele

    Cats meowing wanting attention.

    • Kevin

      I think cats know how to live better then we do, Michele. It’s a bit unnerving, don’t you think?

    • Barb C

      We have the same alarm clock, Michele: Wake up! Time for humans to fill the food bowl and make a soft lap.

  • Mary Pat
    Peace and strength. It is quiet, as our dog is asleep next to my side of our bed, and my husband is quietly snoring. I am in the living room, drinking some water before my cutoff time of 3AM. I am having oral surgery this morning, in 6 1/2 hours. This time alone is grounding for me. Life is good. Those two teeth need to be removed after years of on again off again pain. All will be well, and my life can go on in a few more weeks. I am so grateful and lucky to still be alive. May you all be ble...

    Peace and strength. It is quiet, as our dog is asleep next to my side of our bed, and my husband is quietly snoring. I am in the living room, drinking some water before my cutoff time of 3AM. I am having oral surgery this morning, in 6 1/2 hours. This time alone is grounding for me. Life is good. Those two teeth need to be removed after years of on again off again pain. All will be well, and my life can go on in a few more weeks. I am so grateful and lucky to still be alive. May you all be blessed with good health and much happiness in this day ahead of us….

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  • Lou Mu

    A chance to consider how I can show those that I can depend on, that they can depend on me too.

  • Malag

    What is this moment offering? Let me grab a hold of it and see. Mmm, grabbing it is the thing I could do less of. Because grabbing at it takes me out of it. So it’s offering is to do absolutely nothing right at this moment.

    • Kevin
      You know, Malag, your response reminds me of the Zen saying of, “Do no new thing, “ which is what my Support and Oversight Committee advised me to do of doing no new thing (in ministry) for at least one full year when I retired. from from an active ministry with children and teens for 31 years since retiring. I can say that it was hard to do! The key is, the Spirit ought to decide what comes next, not this person called Kevin. I had days when I’d like to buck that, but I didn’t. And ...

      You know, Malag, your response reminds me of the Zen saying of, “Do no new thing, “ which is what my Support and Oversight Committee advised me to do of doing no new thing (in ministry) for at least one full year when I retired. from from an active ministry with children and teens for 31 years since retiring. I can say that it was hard to do! The key is, the Spirit ought to decide what comes next, not this person called Kevin. I had days when I’d like to buck that, but I didn’t. And there were days when I thought, “Hey God, where the heck are you?” And for awhile, “crickets.” (Meaning, nothing came)

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      • Malag

        Yes, Kevin. Its interesting when we get out of the way, great things can happen.

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