Learning from others, living wholesomely and softening our barriers.
MONTHLY REMINDER
Reader, learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can. There will always come a time you will be grateful you did.
REFLECTION PROMPTS:
- Who taught me something important this year?
- In what ways have I grown in the last 12 months?
- What will I cherish and carry with me into the next 12 months and beyond?
DECEMBER'S REFLECTION PROMPT
In December, I will live well by...
Define what 'living well' means to you. Consider which attitudes, habits, rituals, rhythms, spaces, people etc. helped you live wholesomely in the last few months.
2 QUOTES WORTH PONDERING
1. Lee L. Jampolsky – author of 'Smile for No Good Reason' – on living our values:
REFLECTION PROMPTS:
- What truly matters to me in life?
- If all obstacles were removed, what would the design of my ideal life be?
- How can I get out of my own way today?
2. Sufi poet, Rumi on love:
REFLECTION PROMPTS:
- What walls (emotional, psychological, physical, spiritual) have I built?
- What would it feel and look like to receive and accept love?
- What would it take to soften or dissolve my rigid barriers?
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