Secondary – January 5

Describe the hardest thing you’ve ever accomplished, and your thoughts and feelings afterwards.

Secondary – January 4

Louis Braille, who after being blinded in an accident at the age of 3 invented a system of fingertip reading for people without sight, was born on this date in 1809. Of your five senses, which is your favorite – and how would you compensate if you lost it?

Secondary – January 3

JRR Tolkien, who wrote The Lord of the Rings trilogy, was born on this date in 1892. Explain what you think he meant when he wrote, “Deep roots are not reached by frost.”

Secondary – January 2

On this date in 1860, the discovery of planet Vulcan was announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences. Think about the last time you had to admit you were wrong and write how you’d do the same thing today.

Secondary – December 23

In 1620, construction of the first permanent European settlement in what would later become the USA began after the Mayflower arrived at Plymouth Harbor in present-day Massachusetts. If you were building a new community, how would you start? Prompt Inspiration returns next year on 2nd January.

Secondary – December 22

What makes your generation unique from the two generations before yours? Prompt Inspiration will return on Monday, 4 January 2021.

Secondary – December 21

On this date in 1991, the Soviet Union formally ceased to exist. It was dissolved into Russia and fourteen other countries. Winston Churchill famously described the USSR as “a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma.” What do you see in the world or your life that is such a challenging curiosity, and what would you like to know about it?

Secondary – December 20

It’s a Wonderful Life premiered on this date in 1946. Describe how your life would be different in the first person you saw this morning had never been born.