Words

Words

All stories are full of bias and uniqueness; they mix fact with meaning. This is the root of their power. Stories allow us to see something familiar through new eyes. We become in that moment a guest in someone else’s life, and together with them sit at the feet of their teacher. The meaning we may draw from someone’s story may be different from the meaning they themselves have drawn. No matter. Facts bring us to knowledge, but stories lead to wisdom.

Kitchen Table Wisdom, Rachel Naomi Remen, 1996

Seeing

Now it begins

Each day I will try to offer a bit of life to which we may attend.  I hope that the catalyst will stimulate us to pause and consider our love, our gifts, our hopes, our regrets, our sadness.  Life is full and here for us, but we need to pay attention.

Let me know your thoughts.