What stresses are knocking on your door? Where might you need grace from yourself or each other to face them?

Where do you find meaning in your life, or from what do you find meaning?

What book have you enjoyed so much or has been so meaningful that you have read it more than once? What was special about it? If you have not read (or listened) to a book more than once, is there one you might read again?

Describe someone you know who inspires you when you are around them, or when you talk with them. What about them inspires you? Would you ever tell them? Would it be good to see them more often?

On a scale from 1-10, how would you score the playfulness, sense of humor and light-heartedness of your family when you were a child? What were any circumstances that affected these things? How would you score your own playfulness now?

Describe a time in your life when you had to be brave, when you had the courage to do something difficult or take a risk? Is there an area or situation in your life that might need courage now? If so, what is it?

What compliment has someone given you recently that was encouraging to you?

If you could posses absolute talent and genius in one of the arts, which would you choose? Painting, sculpture, writing theater, cinema, dance, music (voice, instrument, songwriting, conducting), or some other. Why?

What activities or situations help you relax?

Who was your favorite relative, outside your immediate family when you were a child (age 5-10)? Why?

A New Year's Conversation