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What are we to do?  Who are we called to be?  How do we create peace and justice?  Life’s big questions come with no easy answer, perhaps because life itself is the big question.  The secret to fulfillment may very well lie in embracing uncertainty and accepting doubt.  It certainly may make the path easier.… read more

May we find new confidence along our path today.  May we be secure in our skills and use them to maximum efficiency.  We are challenged to be productive, and yet the metrics of evaluation are unclear.  Productivity can be measured in many ways.  We must remain true to ourselves while at the same time rising… read more

May this day bring relief from oppression in its many forms.  May we know the comfort of stress removed.  Endurance and resilience are tested daily, and we sometimes lose heart, feel challenged to continue.  Let us seek to find alternative means of sustenance in the drought of doubt.  Let us breathe deep, square our shoulders,… read more

As we drift along, may we remember and anticipate.  Where we have been and where we are headed are entirely different places that are exactly the same.  Yesterday and tomorrow are inexplicably wrapped up in today.  Our child selves and our elderly personas are here inside of us right now.  Let us not be haunted… read more

Where is inspiration?  Is it found in the clouds and in the rain?  Is it found in our intimate conversations?  Is it found in time spent with friends?  Is it found in quite reflection?  Is it found in the eyes of children?  Is it found in the playful antics of our pets?  Is it found… read more

May we come together today and bring the best of ourselves and the worst of ourselves.  May we join together in community.  May we find strength and solace in each other.  May we give unselfishly with our gifts.  May we seek truth and meaning.  May we not expect to find a single answer, but rather… read more

Let us set aside this day for celebration and frivolity.  It is good to take life seriously; it is also good to not take it too seriously.  And even in our folly we may glean deeper meaning and purpose, by finding connection, and by experiencing pure joy.  So go forth today with the face of… read more

May today be the day we learn to manage our expectations, particularly of ourselves.  May we find the strength to take necessary action, and the focus to stay on task.  May we find inspiration.  May we recall the joy of success.  May the blessings of our enterprise sustain us through uncertainty.  In spite of the… read more

We evaluate ourselves and each other in a constant stream of judgement.  How or why this became useful is one of the great mysteries of time.  The ultimate victim in this cycle is our own self-esteem.  When you hold another up as a prime exemplar, it notches down our own understanding of ourselves.  May we… read more

We cry out for help, because we are losing ourselves in despair.  This is not a sign of weakness; rather, it is a characteristic of strength.  Owning our anguish without shame empowers us to begin to change.  If pain is to be endured, as surely it is, then something must come of it.  May that… read more