Note places and times when compassion bursts unexpectedly into the world

Day 3: Reflect on the essence of beauty

Contemplate how compassion can be expansive and powerful

Express compassion quietly

Try on experiencing Shabbat as love

Extend compassion in a material way

Notice strength in the cosmos

Pay attention to edges and boundaries

Notice something standing firm in a graceful way

Look for a place in the world where strength is manifested as it should be

Honor someone you see standing firm these days

Think about the strength of your forbearers and draw some of that into yourself

Be powerful!

Contemplate ways in which beauty can heal

Notice contrasts

Honor what is beautiful

Paradox: allow gentleness to coexist with something harsh

Find some silence

Notice the elegance of natural things

Dress up, make good food, manifest beauty in some way

Note places in the universe where power is beneficial

Contemplate the forces that restrain power from running amok

Explore the idea of the “balance of powers.”

Pay attention to the ways that you and all other beings fill their space in the world

Thank leaders

Notice how power is distributed in your community

Do what needs to be done

Listen to “the breath of all life giv praise.”

Contemplate interdependence in every aspect of life

Appreciate what seems tiny and insignificant

Listen to where gratitude is expressed around you

Deep, deep gratitude

Reflect on how much of your life is built on the vision and struggle of others

Thank someone

Contemplate the web of generosity which makes your own daily life work as well as it does