Daily Nourishment for October 24, 2024: Receive What It Has to Offer
Daily Nourishment Read Time: 35 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 15 minutes
I knew that every time I returned to this city, I would walk up and down this street and receive what it has to offer me.
Pause.
Take three deep breaths with a six-count inhale and a six-count exhale. Then set a timer for two minutes and close your eyes and rest.
Prompt.
Take a few minutes to make a list of your favorite streets in your favorite places. You can include streets in your hometown and other places you lived or visited. The streets don’t have to be fancy. Which streets hold meaning for you? Beauty? Great trees? Storefronts that make you happy? Abandoned buildings and plenty of silence?
Practice.
Set a timer for nine minutes, pick one street from your list, and take notes, write a letter to a friend, or begin a new short story, essay, or poem using the questions below.
—How does this street help you feel less alone in the world?
—What details from this street stand out the most? What is easiest to remember?
—What are some of your memories from your interactions with this street?
—How are you different after you visit this street?
—What have you learned from this street, its people, its places?
Want More?
Learn a bit about a street I’ve attached myself to. And here’s Forty Ways to Feel Less Lonely During the Holidays (or Any Time). And here’s “Where to Find 10 UK Street Art Masterpieces”
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