Sometimes events make us consider
the Big Questions. While,
thankfully, my kids and husband and I are all healthy, our wider family has
been facing a variety of health issues.
It is to be expected, of course, as our parents and aunts and uncles get
older, but that doesn’t make it easier or more fun.
There are at least two kinds of
Big Questions. One kind speaks to
long term thinking. What do we
want our lives to add up to? Where
do we want to end up? How can we
make sure that we are healthy and happy as long as possible? These are the questions that spur us on
to move our bodies and save our pennies and build our skills.
The other kind, at least the way
I’m thinking about it today, speaks to living in this moment, this one we have
right now. How do we promote joy? How do we reduce suffering? How do we shift toward the good and
beautiful and right? These
questions wake us up and tune us in.
This is how we breathe.
I am not going to propose
answers. My answers might not be
correct or useful. I do think I
know some useful questions, though.
Let’s think about them together.
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