We just recently discovered a wonderful app that offers you a daily routine to help you feel a little more connected to the rest of humanity. The app is called Daily Haloha, and I am so appreciative to have found it. Every day at the same time, the app offers a new fill-in-the-blank question for participants to complete. After only a week of engaging, I can’t wait for each day’s new fill-in-the-blank offering. My first joy with the app comes from the chance for a moment of introspection on a topic that Daily Haloha has chosen. Their topics are thought provoking and, quite often, fun. I have enough thoughts each day at my own direction that it is a buoying moment when I get to ponder someone else’s question. Throughout my day – or at the end of the day – I look over other people’s responses, stimulating further thoughts on my part and helping me feel connected to the anonymous authors of the other posts on the Daily Haloha wall.
Like other movements that inspired Daily Haloha – including Subway Therapy in the NYC subway, Kindness Rocks, or the Padlocks of Love – the app inspires anonymous connectivity and reminds us that we are uplifted by connecting with each other in our common humanity and that there is an antidote to the current environment of competing with and criticizing each other based on our differences.
Give Daily Haloha a try. Download the app through your device’s app store (Apple and Google Play), and give it a test drive for a few days. If you are anything like me, you will find yourself hooked. This “hook” is a good one: one that inspires you to think more deeply each day about a simple, but profound topic; and that helps you feel more connected to your fellow humans around the world.