Question for Amanda:   

Does one particular travel experience come to mind (whether travel for work or vacation) that had a substantial and LASTING impact on your life? 

Every couple of months, I revisit the incredible spotlight pieces on the CFC website, reading them and thinking how lucky I am to get to know and share time and space with you all. It's a privilege to be part of a community that brings so much goodness, light, and love into the world. I appreciate many of you sharing your work, your wisdom, and your heart. So I've included a small handful of quotes from past spotlight pieces. And below Tim Vogt's quote, I attached a special photo taken with him this past October. Here is the link to the CFC website with the full writings.

-Amanda

Today's spotlight is a little different than usual as it does not come with a specific question. However, Jaime's piece reminds me of Dorie's spotlight from a couple months back, which sparked a thoughtful conversation over a Zoom call with many of you around gardening -- both in the literal and figurative sense. In other words, nurturing both plants as well as relationships, and what that looks and feels like.

Question for Dave:   

Do you recall an unexpected pathway toward a healing in life in whatever way, shape, form that looked like and at whatever level it occurred?

Question for Muayyad:

Does one person first come to mind:        In your very very first “adult” job -- when you were perhaps first out of college or over the age of 21 let’s say – is there someone that pops to mind who brings a smile to your face not because of anything in your specific relationship but just because of who they were or how they moved through the world?

Question for Mia:  

Does one particular travel experience come to mind (whether travel for work or vacation) that had a substantial and LASTING impact on your life?

Question for Beck:

  The Serenity Prayer offers:      “Grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference…”.   With this thought, does something come to mind that you couldn’t change but had (or are having) trouble accepting?

Question for Dorie:   

What is one thing that is small and perhaps nuanced or surprising and perhaps typically sub conscious that you can tell drives you each day ?

Question for Joe:

There is an idea that we can learn from every single person on the planet.  But there are also deeply ingrained habits we have been trained in that “teachers” have a formal designation which might limit our scope for learning.  With that thought, does someone come to mind in the past five weeks that you wouldn’t consider a “formal” teacher at all but who you learned something special from… (perhaps even someone you aren’t even fond of) ?

Question for Julie:

  Can you recall a specific moment in the last four months that you were in what you would consider to be “nature” and thought or felt for at least a split second that “maybe all is actually right with the world” ?

Question for Chris:  

Does one particular travel experience come to mind (whether travel for work or vacation) that had a substantial and LASTING impact on your life?

Question for Tim:

  What is one significant and lousy decision you made that accidentally resulted in some positive indirect outcomes?

Question for Chris:

  Does one particular travel experience come to mind (whether travel for work or vacation) that had a substantial and LASTING impact on your life?

Question for Joe:  

Does one particular travel experience come to mind (whether travel for work or vacation) that had a substantial and LASTING impact on your life?

Question for Allison:

Do you recall a moment or period in your work/career where your feeling of “mis-alignment” was growing simply too large and causing you anxiety or bad sleep… What practical change or action did you take?

Question for Susan:  

Can you recall a specific moment in the last four months that you were in what you would consider to be “nature” and thought or felt for at least a split second that “maybe all is actually right with the world” ?

Question for Laurie: 

The Serenity Prayer offers: “Grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference….” With this thought, does something come to mind that you couldn’t change but had (or having) trouble accepting? 

Question for Bill: 

Does one person first come to mind:        In your very very first “adult” job -- when you were perhaps first out of college or over the age of 21 let’s say – is there someone that pops to mind who brings a smile to your face not because of anything in your specific relationship but just because of who they were or how they moved through the world?

I have loved reading these CFC Spotlights and getting to hear little snippets and stories from the lives of people in this special community. So today I decided to spotlight some short quotes from the last few months…

-Amanda

Question for Bob:

What is one thing that is small and perhaps nuanced or surprising and perhaps typically sub conscious that you can tell drives you each day ?

Question for Tristan:

The Serenity Prayer offers:      “Grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference…”.   With this thought, does something come to mind that you couldn’t change but had (or are having) trouble accepting ?

Question for Robert:

There is an idea that we can learn from every single person on the planet.  But there are also deeply ingrained habits we have been trained in that “teachers” have a formal designation which might limit our scope for learning.  With that thought, does someone come to mind in the past five weeks that you wouldn’t consider a “formal” teacher at all but who you learned something special from… (perhaps even someone you aren’t even fond of) ?

Question for Alice:

Can you recall a specific moment in the last four months that you were in what you would consider to be “nature” and thought or felt for at least a split second that “maybe all is actually right with the world” ?

Question for Mike:

 Does one person first come to mind:    In your very very first “adult” job -- when you were perhaps first out of college or over the age of 21 let’s say – is there someone that pops to mind who brings a smile to your face not because of anything in your specific relationship but just because of who they were or how they moved through the world?

Question for Frank:

Can you recall a specific moment in the last four months that you were in what you would consider to be “nature” and thought or felt for at least a split second that “maybe all is actually right with the world” ?

Question for Alex: 

There is an idea that we can learn from every single person on the planet.  But there are also deeply ingrained habits we have been trained in that “teachers” have a formal designation which might limit our scope for learning.  With that thought, does someone come to mind in the past five weeks that you wouldn’t consider a “formal” teacher at all but who you learned something special from… (perhaps even someone you aren’t even fond of) ?

Question for Suzi: 

Does one person first come to mind:   In your very very first “adult” job -- when you were perhaps first out of college or over the age of 21 let’s say – is there someone that pops to mind who brings a smile to your face not because of anything in your specific relationship but just because of who they were or how they moved through the world?

Question for Corey:

Randy Pausch once wrote that “walls are put in front of us to see how badly we really want something.”  Is there a project in life or work that came with (or comes with) many obstacles (i.e. “walls”) that revealed that your initial intention and excitement was not as strong as you thought it was ?

Question for Howard:

What is one thing that is small and perhaps nuanced or surprising and perhaps typically sub conscious that you can tell drives you each day ?

Question for Thor: 

Can you recall a specific moment in the last four months that you were in what you would consider to be “nature” and thought or felt for at least a split second that “maybe all is actually right with the world” ?