At the End of This Year, A Mirror of Questions

I have long been a fan of John O'Donohue and have used his blessings for many occasions. I adapted this particular blessing -- At the End of the Day: A Mirror of Questions -- as an inspiration for a 2020 year-end reflection. In it I've tried to capture an unfolding flow of inquiry, a kind of dance between memory and insight.

With the COVID Pandemic 2020 was a challenging year. I found these questions a helpful way to sort through and make some sense of a complex time.

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Where did my senses linger?

What might I have missed or forgotten?

What beauty did I discover?

With whom did I laugh?

For what did I cry?

What captured much of my attention?

Who inspired me most?

What did I do to care for others?

Whom did I neglect?

Where did I neglect myself?

With whom did I feel most myself?

Where did I allow myself to receive love?

What did I learn?

What did I avoid?

What was the quality of my presence?

How were my conversations?

When did I feel lost? What helped lead me back to myself?

What has a virus taught me?

How has this year shaped me? Changed me?

What did I begin this year that I will carry forward into next?

From the evidence – why was I given this year? 

Adapted from – “At the End of the Day: A Mirror of Questions”

by John O'Donohue, in To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings