Looking forward to tomorrow
Laura DeMaria
Last Sunday, Easter Sunday, I got together with the L’Arche community virtually. The question was posed: what are you looking forward to tomorrow? I thought this was a brilliant question. For one, because with the days all running together, it is sometimes easiest just to think about what is in the immediate future (to the extent that you know). It also calls you into gratitude in the present moment. Plus, I don’t know about you, but when I think about the things in the distant future I am looking forward to, the uncertainty of doing them causes sadness. When exactly will I be able to go to a lake, impulse buy a pair of earrings at TJ Maxx after work, grill on the rooftop, put my toes in the sand, pull my carry-on onto the plane, host a game night, hear Charles Clark (a core family member) play harmonica in person? So. Maybe looking forward to just tomorrow, and finding the blessing in it, is enough. I suppose it is a good skill to have, pandemic or no.
One thing I am looking forward to the day after tomorrow is my talk on The Art of Conversation, and I hope you will join in. No, this is not geared just toward the ladies - you taciturn dudes may enjoy it, too. I was reviewing my notes tonight, from the in-person talk I gave last fall. It will be fun and interesting to adapt this for a virtual platform, and to see hands “raised” to be called on, and so on. As always, I know I will not just be teaching and speaking, but learning myself, too.
Tuesday, April 21, at 7:30 pm. Register here!