Objects:
watermelon, salt shaker, tape dispenser, marble, spade, boot, pencil, magnifying glass, spool of thread, dice, hammer, compass
Advice Phrases:
Be like salt. With gusto, add the secret ingredient that brings out the best in everything and everyone else.
Roll smoothly through this world like a marble. Bounce over the bumps. Let your true colors show through your gleaming surface. Be like a precious friend in a child's pocket.
Cultivate! Kneel down and get some dirt under your fingernails. Dig and plant and weed and water and harvest and dig again. Befriend the wise earthworms. Learn their dance and you will live in bounty.
Act boldly. Don't just hold the pencil of life - write your world into being! And don't be afraid of making mistakes. That's what the eraser is for. Of course, too many mistakes and your eraser runs out...
Always carry a metaphorical magnifying glass with you. How else will you know what you've been missing all along? Get up close - really really close - and revel in the details.
Take a risk. Trust life. Roll your dice but don't always believe or follow what they reveal. Cheat. Turn the dice over when no one's looking and make your own fate - a fate that you believe in.
Deconstruct and rebuild. Remove old nails, question, criticise, Offer new ideas and hammer them into place. Don't take anything for granted. We made our world and we can make it again - differently. Better.
Remember that surfaces are only surfaces. Beneath a thick rind might hide the secret - the very sweetest part. |