someone, even for 30 seconds. Make eye contact and smile at the supermarket clerk or the gas station attendant or someone you run into. Let your eyes say, "I see you. You're not just a thing to me. I see you."
Sit quietly with your child at night. Not everyone has a child, but if you do, sit in your child's darkened bedroom with your arms wrapped tenderly around your sleepy head. Remember that you, too, are held by a loving God.
Trade the 10 p.m. news for vespers. Late night news is full of violence. Don't go to sleep with violence on the brain. Trade in the news in for a few minutes of peaceful music or spiritual reading.
Do nighttime TAPS. Offer thanksgiving, show adoration to the creator, petition for your needs, express sorrow if you've hurt another in any way. Sleep well.
The author realized an important truth: every single task is potentially holy if it's done with a holy intent.
Barbara Bartocci is the author of six religious books, including Meditation in Motion: Exercise Your Body and Soul and Nobody's Child Anymore, and a frequent contributor to consumer magazines, including Family Circle, Good Housekeeping, Women's Day, and Reader's Digest. She lives in Missouri.
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