For This Garbage Day
Ask
What is it like to be you right now? No need to be polite. Don’t hold anything back. Now that you’ve spoken that truth, what are the tiny, tiny graces that are noticeable in the midst of the garbage parts? And if you can’t do it, thank God for honest communication.
Do
Make a list of five things you are thankful for at this moment, but practice compressing your attention. The smaller the better. (When things were very bad, I could even say things like: “I hate this less than yesterday.” Don’t worry about being honest!)
Pray
God, show me the life I actually have, the reality that is truest now—the whole of it. Let me hold the doubts and questions together with the graces that are here too. And in your kindness, help me begin to understand how to live more, with fewer explanations. Amen.