Asking the proper question is the central action of transformation…Questions are the keys that cause the secret doors of the psyche to swing open. ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes
What questions have transformed you?
Transforming Questions
Far within slow time
Imitate the habit of twilight,
Taking time to open the well of color
that fostered the brightness of the day. ~ John O’Donohue
Earth speaks
The earth is always speaking, but over time, we lose the ability to listen. If we are lucky, we return again. If we make room inside of ourselves for childlikeness, we will make room for the ability to learn again, to be small, humble people who ask questions instead of making demands, to listen to the land instead of carving it into pieces for profit. ~ Kaitlin B. Curtice, Native
How do you listen for the sacredness of the earth?
Tasked
“Our task is not to search for God but rather to open ourselves to the reality of God’s search for us. The initiative is God’s; the response is ours.” ~ Fenhagen, More than Journeyers
How do you pay attention to God’s initiative?
Native
“How wonderful it is to be able to feel things deeply! The sheer delight of fresh air when you have been indoors all day; The never ending wonder of sunrise and sunset; The sound of wind through the trees and the utter wetness of the rain;” ~ Howard Thurman
How do you become God’s dwelling place?
Over and over again
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting
-over and over announcing your place
in the family of things. – Mary Oliver
How does the world offer itself to your imagination?
With the Eyes of the Heart 