Welcome to Week 3 of 'Finding 101 Wonderful Things'
Who are the people you welcome to the table? Where is the place that feels most like home? This week we find joy in the people and places in our lives.
“Only connect!”
E. M. Forster, Howard’s End
A Seat at the Table
The kitchen table where your children once sat in booster seats and now sit poring over their high school homework; the café table on the sidewalk on a late summer afternoon where you meet a friend for tea and conversation; the holiday table you set with your best china and cloth napkins — and where your sister from across the country and your brother from across the state, and all of their children, and the family from next door, will gather at the holidays; the long rectangular table in the boardroom where you meet with colleagues to create new visions for your company: each of these tables represents another circle of connection that joins you to the people and communities that enrich your life.
At these tables we gather to talk, laugh, argue, create, cry, listen, and grow. They are the tables where we share food or set out our papers and plans. These are the places where we are nourished in body and soul; they are where meaning and memories are born.
Whether you gather at a physical table or connect online, in dance halls, classrooms, community rooms, or church basements, notice the various communities you belong to. The quality of your circles of connection has a lot to do with how you experience meaning and joy in your life. So become conscious of what you bring to the table, who meets you there, and whether and how you feel fed when you arrive.
This week you will:✅ Create a little space for this nurturing process
✅ Review journals and photos to help build your list
✅ Discover your changes and challenges from 2024 with an audio prompt
✅ And so much more.
But first, here are some ways to keep Inspired to bring joy and creativity with you into the New Year…
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