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For the Table
Read the story. Then let's talk.
Every story booklet ends with questions to talk over. Pick one to see what other readers think, and add your own thought. There are no right answers. Disagree freely.
Over, Under, Pull Tight
- For the Table · 1Mae says the thread was meant to match, not reach. What is the difference between staying close and staying connected?Join the conversation
- For the Table · 2What pattern did someone pass down to you that you still use without thinking about it?Join the conversation
- For the Table · 3What is your red thread? An object, a ritual, or a habit that keeps you tied to someone far away?Join the conversation
Every Direction
- For the Table · 1June drew the curtains before anything had gone wrong. Why do we close ourselves off before anyone has shut us out?Join the conversation
- For the Table · 2Would June’s day have changed without the balloon? How much of being open is up to us, and how much depends on someone giving us a reason?Join the conversation
- For the Table · 3What are your curtains, and what might be waiting on the other side of them?Join the conversation
A Sweeter World
- For the Table · 1By the end, the bird answers one of her own questions. Which one, and was she right?Join the conversation
- For the Table · 2Is it wrong to want credit for doing good?Join the conversation
- For the Table · 3What have you stopped offering because no one seemed to notice?Join the conversation
Every verse
Ideas that inspired us
Every verse comes with something to think about. Pick one to read what inspired it.
Atharva Veda
Rig Veda
- Rig Veda 1.89.1 · PossibilityCan good ideas come from anywhere, or do we only notice the ones we expect?Read about this verse
- Rig Veda 1.90.6 · AbundanceIs sweetness something we find, or something we learn to notice?Read about this verse
- Rig Veda 1.113.8 · PossibilityCan something be both very old and completely new?Read about this verse
- Rig Veda 1.113.11 · PossibilityWhat do we share with people who saw the same sky long before us?Read about this verse
- Rig Veda 7.66.16 · AbundanceWhat makes a long life feel full, rather than simply long?Read about this verse
- Rig Veda 10.34.13 · AbundanceHow do we know when we have enough?Read about this verse
- Rig Veda 10.117.1 · GratitudeDoes giving something away ever leave us with more?Read about this verse
- Rig Veda 10.129.7 · WonderCan not knowing be a kind of wonder rather than a problem?Read about this verse
- Rig Veda 10.191.2 · ConnectionIs talking together enough to stay together?Read about this verse
- Rig Veda 10.191.4 · ConnectionDoes staying connected require staying the same?Read about this verse
Yajur Veda
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Chandogya Upanishad
Isha Upanishad
Aitareya Brahmana
Bhagavad Gita
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