
Daily Practice for 2016.01.27
Word
I am focusing on using people's vision words for 2016 for a few daily prayers. Today, I am using "yearning" from Gill to guide my selections. If you share your word, I will use it over the next few days!
I am inspired by the haunting music of Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley, the poetry of Robert Frost, and sacred words from Aldous Huxley.
Years ago, in a philosophy of anthropology class, we were attempting to define what it means to be human. To yearn for something beyond yourself became one of the cornerstones of what is constitutive of being human. There is something within us that allows us to imagine possibilities beyond what is quantitatively predicted. We have all heard the amazing stories of rags to riches! I have a friend who grew up in a difficult situation eventually becom...