Jane Hirshfield:Living by Questions

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August 1, 2016 a project of ServiceSpace He explained to me with great insistence that every question possessed a power that did not lie in the answer. - Elie Wiesel - Jane Hirshfield:Living by Questions "In times of darkness and direness, a good question can become a safety rope between you and your own sense of selfhood: A person who asks a question is not wholly undone by events. She is there to face them, to meet them. If you're asking a question, you still believe in a future. And in times that are placid and easy, a good question is a preventive against sleepwalking, a way to keep present the awakening question that's under all other questions: "What else, what more?" Jane Hirshfield, the award-winning poet and author of 'The Beauty,' explains a new way to examine your choices, keep your calm and "carabiner yourself to intimacy." { read more } Be The Change Take a moment to reflect on what a good question for this stage in your own life might be. For more inspiration read this reflection by Sharon Salzberg, "What Do I Really Need Right Now?" { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Children Who Shine From Within The Girl Who Gets Gifts From Birds Can You Teach People to Have Empathy? 7 Ways To Change Negative Beliefs About Yourself Our Shortened Attention Span & 3 Ways To Stay Focused 10 Timeframes For Measuring Life The Top 10 Happiest Countries Ten Ways to Set A Positive Tone For the New Year DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 239,997 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More