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What do you need today?
This seemingly simple question is important, yet it’s rarely asked or answered. We’re tired. We’re busy. We sense our depletion is beyond remedy. We don’t see a first step toward a lightness of being or circumstance. Or we see that step and it’s overwhelming because, well, we’re tired and we’re busy.
Honestly, I’ve had seasons when going to the drive-thru bank teller felt too demanding. I’ve put off scheduling my doctor appointments because I’ve set up so many for my husband over the years. I’ve needed rest desperately and chosen to press on with work deadlines well-into my off hours. These choices build a life—but not the one I long for.
How about you? Does the life you’re living and building honor your needs and the longings that reflect who you are and what you are made for?
When is the last time you asked yourself What do I need today?
Hold the question up to the light. Cradle it like a gift. Present it to your heart, spirit, and mind and see which part of you longs to answer…
I’m here to help you tap into those needs. I’ll be right beside you throughout this journey. I want to hold this space as you discover how it feels to have your needs heard and received by a gentle listening who responds with empathy, openness, and humor.
Think of me as your spiritual and life concierge who is at your beck and call. Ring the bell. Buzz the buzzer. Snap your fingers. Yell “yoo hoo” like a longtime neighbor. I’m ready to sit with you and…
- Hold the questions and answers with hope
- Help untangle strands of hard words or struggles
- Be in silence until discomfort becomes ease
- Wait with patience for buried needs to rise
- Laugh about the awkward times
- Pray with and for you
- Offer care packages for each need
- Notice God’s presence
- Encourage your next steps
(adapted from What Do You Need Today?)
Let’s turn to and tend to that need today before it gives up hollering above the din of chaos and overwhelm that swirls about us.
A Personal Video Message
I made this during my last day of time away in New Mexico (because my response to What do you need today? = Spiritual Retreat!)
What’s Inside?
This pretty and powerful little hardcover book is designed to go where you go so you can tend to those needs the minutes you make the time. Each offering provides a few pages of encouragement to honor and explore the need, a takeaway quote to rest in, and a Care Package of comfort and empowerment to tend to the need.
What do you need today? I need (a)…
- Fresh start
- Boldness
- Room to breathe
- To find my voice
- People
- Perspective shift
- Motto
- Day off
- Pep talk
- Stunt double
- Day at the beach
- Thing, my thing
- Spiritual retreat
- Straight talk
- Love letter
- Time travel
- Windfall
- Happy place
- Extra pair of hands
- Motivation
- Soft place to land
- To feel all the feels
- Play Date
- Balance
- To honor life moments
- To let go
- To hear everything will be okay
- A road trip
- My life to count
- Prayer for a hope and a future
Interior samples
If what you need today is a gentle way to start listening to your heart, order your copy now with a favorite retailer. Take a much-needed stroll or “gotta get out of here!” road trip to your favorite independent bookstore. It’s amazing all the needs you can tend to just in the process of purchasing and savoring a book!
