PAST ISSUES
Issue No. 7 QUESTIONS
For the Questions issue we are turning our focus from the outside world and bringing it inward. Each day for 100 days we will step out into the world and meet with one person. We will ask each person we meet the same 12 questions. At the end of 100 days we hope to capture our collective voice within this interwoven web of dialog.
Day 17: Jacque Gellein
What do you do for a living?
I work with horses.
What do you do to feel alive?
I think I always feel alive. I have a great sense of the natural world around us – that’s where I feel that sense of joy of being alive most continuously. Also when I really recognize the wonder in each of the people in my life that I love.
A lesson you learned from your mother:
That your demeanor really impacts people around you
A lesson you learned from your father:
Gratitude
What’s the most beautiful thing you saw today?
My husband’s face this morning
What’s one thing you wouldn’t want anyone to take away from you?
My ability to work
What thought would you like to never have again?
Anger
If you could become an inanimate object what would it be?
A bowl that could hold all kinds of things and yet still be open. A great big white bowl – like a salad bowl.
When do you feel most loved?
When I’m at peace with myself.
If your life were to end tomorrow what would be left undone?
Experiencing the living out of the relationships that I care about
What global issue would you take on if you didn’t have to worry about how?
I would take away people’s fear of one another and that would probably solve everything else
What’s the scariest thing that ever happened to you?
Feeling like I had no life options