Sassy and resilient, ingenious and wry, we mortals are quirky and whimsical. Life is too goofy not to be. Which is not to say life isn't serious. It is. So, what to do? "Forget your perfect offering; there is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." Cracks. Chaos. It's what we get. Chaos, in theory, is a good thing even tho' it breaks us open, moves us, and inspires new responses to old messes. Creative chaos. And grace. Creative chaos requires grace. That's how the light gets in.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
What is the question?
What is the question?
Waddling in to this new year (hey, I had pasta for dinner), it is time for a new approach to this resolution business. No resolutions, questions instead.
A pundent on television last week suggested that we find those things we are drawn to, perhaps know we should do, want to do, hope to do and find questions to ask ourselves about them.
So, What do you want in your life this year? What might you do to bring it closer?
Rather than resolve to lose weight, I am asking myself what steps I can take to be healthy?
My greatest hope for this new year is to continue to be covered with grace and to extend grace to others so they feel covered by it, too. What shall I do tomorrow to put myself in the pathway where grace might find me? What can I do to share the grace of unconditional acceptance and forgiving energy with others?
So, as you approach this new year -- waddling, running, skipping, sleeping or otherwise -- what are your questions of yourself?