Ash Wednesday: A Pause to Reflect

This week, I’ve been writing about backfilling your time with beauty. I’m taking a brief break, though, to remind you that today is Ash Wednesday, a day in the Christian tradition to remember your mortality and look forward to resurrection. Today, I’ll make my way to service and the priest will remind me:

“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

I’m inviting you to stop, reflect, and remember. You came from dust and are returning to it. How will you make the most of living...