What am I really? What is my work here?*
Clarissa Pinkola Estés

We are small creatures.
Our lives are not long,
but long enough to learn.**
Stephen Lawhead

In the middle of the night, I came upon a question –
I had found myself playing the comparison game (a game we always lose),
Reflecting on what others have and are able to do.

The question?:
What brings meaning and joy to me?

To imagine another’s future with them,
To figure out ways of getting there,
To gather ideas as means of travel to this future,
To never stop learning,
To see each person as incomparable,
To receive this as the meaningful place where my
deepest joy meets another’s need.

I am grateful for all those who have, and still,
Help me: guides, writers, whisperers, god.

What brings meaning and joy to you?

Your answers will be different to mine,
They are your richness, and you still have enough time:
When our future rearranges us, then
our past becomes the fuel for our art.

*Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ Women Who Run With the Wolves:
**The Northumbria Community‘s Morning Prayer