As Muslims around the world begin their holy month of Ramadan, many begin to think about the sacrifices they need to make in order to feel closer to Allah.

What might you sacrifice to feel closer to the sacred?

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Grace has more than one meaning. Outside of theology, grace refers to an elegance of presence, a refinement of movement, or an orientation of humility towards others.

Where do you notice elegance around you today?

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In the typical Buddhist lovingkindness (metta) meditation, one meditates on the well-being of all. One starts within, and then widens the circle of concern outwards, first to people you love, and then to people you don’t know, and then to people who you have an issue with. Finally, one meditates on the well-being of all. Try it today.

May I be happy. May I be well. May I be safe. May I be peaceful and at ease.

May you be happy. May you be well. May you be safe. May you be peaceful and at ease.

May all beings be happy. May all beings be well. May all beings be safe. May all beings be peaceful and at ease.

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“As we have been blessed, so we bless one another to be a blessing. Breathe in, breathe out, this breath we share with all that breathes. Feel the love of the universe flowing through this community, into you, and out into the universe again. Let the love of all the universe—your love—flow outward, to its height, its depth, its broad extent. You are more than you know, and more beloved than you know. Take up what power is yours to create safe haven, to make of earth a heaven. Give hope to those you encounter, that they may know safety from inner and outer harm, be happy and at peace, healthy and strong, caring and joyful. Be the blessing you already are. That is enough.”
-John and Sarah Gibb Millspaugh

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In the early spring months when wild food is not yet abundant, my daughter and I keep a birdfeeder well-stocked with seed. She has learned to recognize the communications of the cardinals who nest in the trees around our neighborhood. It feels good to feed the birds–it feels like we’re in a relationship with a community of avian neighbors.

What or whom are you feeding with your being today? How does contributing to another’s well-being make you feel?

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Sometimes grace comes through sheer will, through persisting despite the odds against us. Sometimes grace comes from hanging on, from inching ourselves forward until we are somewhere better.

What do you need the strength to persist through today?

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As you move through the day, notice where you see beauty. Notice how that beauty makes you feel. Notice how those moments of beauty–in expected and unexpected places–lift your spirits and fill your heart.

Notice beauty around you today. Where do you see beauty in unexpected places?

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The complicated universe unfolds before us with boundless mysteries to explore. The chance to feel wonder is a daily opportunity for grace.

Where do you notice yourself feeling a sense of wonder and awe today?

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Grace is often defined as receiving a gift that we did nothing to deserve. Sometimes, such gifts are welcome and lift our spirits. Sometimes, we wonder why we got them.

When have you received such a gift? How did it make you feel?

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Today is Easter Sunday, the holiest day in the Christian calendar, which celebrates the resurrection of Jesus from his death at the hands of the Roman state.

What can the story of Jesus’ resurrection and the teaching of his followers that he had been raised from the dead offer to your spiritual journey today?

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The dark is a necessary part of our lives. Darkness can be comforting and healing, it can wrap us like a blanket and allow us to sleep. Darkness can offer grace sometimes when light is too much for us to bear.

How do you experience the healing power of darkness?

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We experience grief because we experience love, we experience connection, we experience relationship. When we lose someone who is important to us–including a teacher or prophet–we feel that loss in our bones. And yet, love, connection, and relationship are worth the vulnerability that they require.

How have you made yourself vulnerable to love?

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“Perhaps the very simplicity of grace is what makes it hard to describe.” -Theresa Ines Soto, in the April edition of Quest (https://www.questformeaning.org/spiritual-reflections/quest-monthly/).

What does “grace” mean to you? How have you experienced it in your life?

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When I was a child, we would pick the puffballs of dandelion seeds and make wishes as we blew the seeds off of them. As the sparking seeds took to the wind, they brought our wishes to life.

How are you making your desires known to the world?

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“March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb,” says the old saying applicable to many places where it is now spring. We are not ruled by climate, and can choose gentleness at every point in the year.

How can you practice gentleness today?

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Holi is a Hindu festival celebrated at the beginning of spring. It is known as the festival of colors. It is a day for merriment and laughter, and also for the repair of broken relationships.

How can you repair a broken relationship today?

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In the Christian Scriptures, Palm Sunday celebrates the return of Jesus to Jerusalem. The people, it is said, laid palm fronds before him, and it is the beginning of the holiest week of the Christian calendar.

What do you need to welcome the return of in your life?

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The Jewish holiday of Passover commemorates the liberation of the ancient Hebrew people from slavery. The story is retold to inspire compassion, to remember and honor ancestors, and to share a common history.

How can you be inspired to show compassion today?

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Each spring, I plant seeds and prepare them for my garden. We tend them carefully–keeping them warm and watered–and watch them sprout with amazement. And then, we tenderly and lovingly carry them to the garden.

What is sprouting in your spirit right now? How will you care for it as it grows?

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The power of covenant derives in part from the fact that all parties to it must agree, and that agreement must be renewed and renegotiated constantly. Healthy relationships require mutual consent; that includes spiritual relationships as well as intimate ones.

How do you seek consent from others in meaningful ways

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The rituals with which we start the day can help us focus on the present moment and begin as we mean to continue. A morning spiritual practice can open us to a day of connection with the sacred.

How do you start the day? Think about rituals to begin the day spiritually centered.

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Even octopuses have figured out that sometimes one needs a tool to help do something. Sometimes, those are spiritual tools–practices and rituals that open us up in just the right way to something greater than ourselves.

What are the tools in your spiritual toolkit?

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The flower slowly unfurls from its tight bud, stretching each petal out to its fullest. The petals open up their tight curl and announce their beauty to the world.

How can you unfurl your spirit and show it to the world?

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In the Northern hemisphere, spring is beginning. In the Southern hemisphere, it is autumn. Both seasons start with a day of equinox–of the balance of light and darkness–when the center of the earth, the equator, is aligned with the center of the visible sun.

How can you practice alignment and balance today?

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Ostara is the ancient European celebration that accompanies the spring equinox. The egg, one of the symbols used at this time of year, represents the whole universe and the possibility that is born again each day.

How can your spirit be filled with possibility today?

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Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh writes, “We can learn to build safety with our in-breath and our out-breath, with our steps, with the way we act or react, with a smile or a word, with our effort to restore communication.”

Where do you feel most safe? How do you build safety through your spiritual practice?

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All people have similarities, but everyone is different. The variations of humanity are myriad and provide our world with beauty and vibrance.

Notice the beautiful differences in humanity today. How can you celebrate those differences?

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The Irish began using baking soda to leaven their soft wheat bread in days when hard wheat and yeast were hard to come by. It made use of milk that had gone sour as well. Today, it is a symbol of cultural heritage that is often baked on St. Patrick’s Day.

How do you connect with the stories of your ancestors? How do they nourish your being?

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In the last year, we have become accustomed to masks that protect us and hide our faces from the world. Sometimes, we wear metaphorical masks as well, and sometimes those masks are necessary to protect against the harshness of our world.

What are the metaphorical masks you wear to protect yourself? What are the environments in which you feel safe enough to take them off?

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Spring ahead, fall back–our clocks change, but time remains the same. Our values and goals also remain the same.

How can you make time to care for yourself and others today?

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In time, wounds that are cared for can heal and leave behind scars that are often beautiful. Our scars remind us that we have survived and that we are resilient.

What are the scars you carry? How can you see them as beautiful?

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The new growth of spring is a particular shade of vibrant yellow-green, particularly visible to many people.

What are the unmistakable signs of growth in your day?

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Sometimes, what we need is within our reach if we can only stretch ourselves just a little bit.

What are you stretching to reach? What is the reward for reaching

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“It will be hard we know, and the road will be muddy and rough.” -Osibisa, “Woyaya”

How do you keep going through the muddy patches?

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Around the world, the first anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic is reigniting trauma and grief. All of us need to take extra care to notice that grief and how it shows up in our bodies. All of us need to take extra care of ourselves right now.

What are the ways you are holding grief in your body today? How are you caring for yourself?

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In many parts of the Northern US, the blooming crocuses signal the transition from winter to spring. To many, they are a signal of hope that the long, cold winter is ending and that warmer days have arrived.

Notice signs of hope today. What are the signs of hope around you?

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CLF Learning Fellow Jennifer Johnson writes, “The pulse of life calls us to nourish our bodies with good food and movement, to nourish our spirits with art and song, friendship and tenderness, and quiet.”

How do you nourish yourself with friendship?

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Right action is part of the eightfold path of Buddhism. Practicing right action means acting mindfully, in ways that express our values, and in harmony with life around us.

Make choices today to act in ways that express compassion for life around you.

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Early spring in the Hudson Valley brings a parade of different scents–melting snow, damp earth, new growth, hyacinths, lilacs, and then peonies. Noticing the smells of the world around you can ground you in the present moment.

What do you smell today? What are the smells of March where you live?

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What does it mean to you to make a promise? What does it mean to you to keep a promise? Under what circumstances would you break a promise? How do you regain trust after a promise has been broken?

Think today about promises we make and break and the relationships they represent.

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In the Hebrew Scriptures, the rainbow is a sign of God’s covenant with the people. It appears as the floodwaters recede from the land and reminds the people that they are loved.

What are the signs around you today that remind you that you are loved?

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March in the United States is Women’s History Month. We celebrate all of the women who have made our lives possible and who have inspired us to live lives of compassion, justice, and liberation.

Who are some of the women whose life and legacy inspires you?

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Covenants are the sacred promises we make to one another that bind us together. It is important that when we stray from a covenant we take the time to return to it and repair it.

What are the sacred bonds you have with others? How do you repair those bonds when they break?

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Carolyn McDade described the night she wrote the hymn Spirit of Life to Kimberly French of UU World:

“When I got to Pat’s house, I told her, ‘I feel like a piece of dried cardboard that has lain in the attic for years. Just open wide the door, and I’ll be dust.’ I was tired, not with my community but with the world. She just sat with me, and I loved her for sitting with me.” Writing the song was the prayer that refilled her spirit.

What words or prayers refill your spirit when you feel like you’re about to fall apart?

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Sometimes, in moments of calm, we can be present to the spirit in our midst.

Take a moment to still your body, to calm your breath. Notice the air moving in and out of your lungs. Feel the spirit in you, around you.

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May we open ourselves ever more fully to that Eternal Mystery which lures us onward toward life and creativity.

May we find the courage to live our faith, to speak our truth, and to strive together for a world where freedom abounds and justice truly does roll down like water.

May we know the fullness of love without fear, and the serenity of peace without turmoil.

May we hold one another in the deep and tender places with compassion, and may we grace one another by sharing our own vulnerabilities, being ever mindful of the divinity within that makes soulmates of us all.
-Carol Meyer

Where do you find the courage to live your faith?

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“God, God is water sleeping
in high-piled clouds.
She is gentle drink of rain,
pooling lake, rounding pond,
angry flooding river.
She is frothy horse-maned geyser.
She is glacier on mountains and polar ice cap,
and breath-taking crystalline ideas of snowflakes.
She is frost-dance on trees.
And we, we are drops of God,
her tears of joy or sorrow,
ice crystals
and raindrops
in the ocean of her.”
-Tess Baumberger, from “Drops of God” (read the whole poem here)

How are you feeling the spirit flow through or over you today?

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“To be creative means to be in love with life.”
-Osho

Think about making art today, about the human power to create and to make beauty from simple ingredients.

How might you add beauty and creativity to the world today?

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Sometimes, we need to be reminded that we are beautiful, spirit-filled, powerful beings. Each of us has gifts and talents that we can give to the world like a peacock spreads its glorious tail.

What are the colorful tail feathers in your life?

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Like mirrored glass balls, we reflect the light of the world imperfectly. And yet, those reflections can be beautiful and inspiring. Our reflection can magnify and multiply the light around us.

What are you reflecting into the world today?

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Walking, I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands. -Linda Hogan, in Dwellings

Who are the ancestors behind you today? How are you feeling their love?

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The practice of noticing beauty in the world around us renews our spirit and reminds us that even when times are difficult, beauty is possible.

Look for beauty today. Note where you find it and how it makes you feel.

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Julia Cameron, in her book The Artist’s Way encourages people to begin each day by writing three pages of stream-of-consciousness journaling. According to Cameron, these “morning pages provoke, clarify, comfort, cajole, prioritize and synchronize the day at hand.”

Write (or dictate) three pages of whatever is on your mind. How might this practice ground you in your day?

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Everything is data. Everything is information that we can use to make connections, to find meaning, to seek answers to the questions of what we should do and how we should do it. All of these messages are heard by the spirit and filtered through our being and our experience.

What is your spirit telling you about the messages you are getting today?

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“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” With these (or similar) words, Christians around the world are blessed with a reminder of our mortality and of the temporary nature of all physical being.

How have you been blessed by a reminder of your impermanence?

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In Cadiz, Spain, the weeks of Carnaval, before the beginning of Lent, feature roving groups of wildly-costumed street performers who compete as they irreverently poke fun at the problems of society. In doing so, they address imbalances of power and inspire people to create change.

How are humor and satire part of inspiring you to make a better world?

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“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Leaders inspire people to do better. Leaders imagine how things can be different and encourage people to contribute to that imagination. Leaders inspire us to be what we know we could be.

How have you been a leader? Who are the leaders who have inspired you?

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Each of us experiences different kinds of love in different ways. Love, expressed in real and meaningful ways, connects us to other beings and fills our spirits.

Think of an experience of love in your life. How has it connected you to something greater than yourself?

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“Praise the rain; the seagull dive
The curl of plant, the raven talk—
Praise the hurt, the house slack
The stand of trees, the dignity—”
-Joy Harjo, from “Praise the Rain”

(read the whole poem here)

Where do you find inspiration in the ordinary things around you each day? What are you praising today?

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It is the lunar new year. In the Chinese calendar, today begins the Year of the Ox. The ox is associated with hard work, honesty, planning and persistence. The ox often hides its talents.

How do you summon the strength to persist, even when the task before you is difficult?

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“O holy beings, I greet you this day with love, reverence, wonder, gratitude, respect and awe. Thank you for the blessings and protections of life, and for the challenges I face which teach me to grow and learn…. Now the web that connects you to all beings is my web of connection. Now your blood is my blood, your origins my origins, your spirit my spirit, your purposes my purposes.” from a Blackfoot greeting of the dawn (aatsimoyihkaan) by Darin Stevenson

How might you start each day with gratitude for all of the beings around you? How might you connect your spirit to the interdependent web of existence?

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In a marching band, “esprit de corps” refers to the sense of collective pride band members get in doing a thing together that is so much cooler than any one person could have done on their own. It is the spirit that moves through the entire body of the band, working together.

When have you felt esprit de corps in your life?

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“I brought my spirit to the sea;
I stood upon the shore.
I gazed upon infinity,
I heard the waters roar”
-Max Kapp

Where do you go to feel connected to something bigger than yourself?

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Sometimes, an idea comes to us like a spark out of the blue. It can feel energizing when that happens–it is no wonder that the light bulb is often used to symbolize it. Sparks of creativity propel us forward and invigorate our spirits.

What does it feel like to have a really good idea? How do you make your ideas come to life?

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When we dance, we feel music in our bodies and move in ways that are inspired by that feeling. All bodies can dance, even if not all bodies can move and sense in the same ways. All bodies can express things that we feel moving through us.

How have you felt spirit move through your body?

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At the beginning of spring, when new growth starts to appear on trees, I think of a friend I have in college who was colorblind. In his particular case, he could see the vibrant yellow-green of first growth, but not the darker, deeper greens of summer, so the time of growth and newness was magical to him every year. Each year, he experienced this magic again as if for the first time.

How can you experience something for the first time all over again?

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The Danish concept of hygge (pronounced “hoo-gah”) is the practice of creating warm, comfortable, cozy spaces in which to renew one’s spirit. These spaces capture both physical and metaphorical warmth, and are not relegated to the wintertime. They include moments of tender and safe intimacy as well as warm blankets and candlelight.

How might you create hygge in your space today?

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When we breathe in, we inspire. When we practice breathing, we respire. Spirit and breath are connected in language, and also in practice.

Take a few moments to breathe slowly and deeply. Focus only on your breath as you do this seven times. How have you been inspired by focusing on your breath?

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I know a clown who works with adults to use humor in their lives. Recently, a group of children were asked why they think she might choose to work with adults. They responded that perhaps it was because children have an easier time laughing and playing, and adults need to remember how to do that.

Where do you find joy and laughter? Think about a recent moment of joy and hold it in your heart for a moment.

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Each year on February 2, people congregate outside of the holes of groundhogs kept in various zoos to participate in the modern reenactment of ancient rituals that said that these furry rodents could predict the weather. Whatever one does or does not believe about the forecasting power of the groundhog, the ritual itself is a reminder that winter will end and spring is on the way.

When have you participated in a ritual whose form filled your spirit (if not its content)?

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At the end of staff meetings in a job I used to have, we used to list things we liked and didn’t about our day, as well as what we called “signs of the spirit,” moments when things just felt right, when things fell into place unexpectedly, or when it felt like we were experiencing grace.

How have you experienced “signs of the spirit?”

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Vital to the balance of a stone arch is the keystone, the wedge-shaped stone against which the two sides of the arch push in equal measure. In architecture, this is a vital and important role; in life, this is not a healthy situation in which to find ourselves.

When have you experienced balance brought about by things pushing you in opposite directions? How did you interrupt this?

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If one wants to carry a large load, balance becomes even more important. We must learn to balance the things we are carrying with skill and precision.

How do you balance the components of your life in order to carry them all?

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How I start the day often stays with me throughout it. When I start my morning in balance–by attending to my physical, emotional, and spiritual needs–the rest of my day is often more balanced.

How do you start your day right?

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Sometimes, balance seems far away, like a remote destination that requires hours of travel to get to.

What are your sources of strength for those times when balance seems too far away to get to?

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The concept of justice is often presented as a figure holding balanced scales. And yet, our society puts a weight on one of those scales that makes true justice impossible.

How have you challenged injustice to bring our society closer to balance?

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Sometimes, things are balanced precisely despite unlikely circumstances. Sometimes, that balance is the product of slow and steady forces over long periods of time.

When have you experienced an unlikely balance?

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Stress in our lives pulls us out of balance. Things that trigger a stress response interfere with our ability to function properly. Being mindful of where stress is coming from can help us rebalance our lives.

What are your sources of stress? How can you reduce the stress in your life?

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Some people summon incredible physical strength to balance themselves, but strength comes in many forms. Physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, psychological strengths can all be used to balance our lives.

What are your sources of strength? How do you use them to balance your life?

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Many people create altars in their homes to help them focus and balance their energy and invite the holy into their lives.

What items would you place on an altar to help remind you of the possibility of balance?

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Clear boundaries help us create balance by delineating what is and is not acceptable for us, and what is and is not appropriate in our relationships.

How have boundaries helped you find balance?

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In the silence of a clear night, we can see the stars, each pinpoint a ray of light emitted countless hours ago from celestial bodies many light-years away. As we look to the stars, we are reminded of our place in the universe.

What reminds you of your connection to the immensity of the universe?

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We are called to resist things that pull us away from our values. We are called to resist power that seeks to perpetrate injustice. We are called to resist the evils of oppression, violence, and hate.

How do you find the strength and courage to resist?

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Life is a series of liminal moments–we always stand at a threshold between the past and the future. Sometimes, the present moment brings those things into balance. Sometimes, what we hope and ache for is so great that balance is hard to achieve.

What are you looking at through the threshold of this moment?

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Sometimes, things are so out of balance that they tip over and must be righted again.

How have you righted yourself to balance after tipping over?

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The life and ministry of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is too often boiled down to feel-good sound bites. In reality, he presented a fierce critique of power, capitalism, and materialism. His dream of unity required a revolution of values to make real.

How have you grappled with the challenges presented by Dr. King? How are you participating in the revolution of values he called for?

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Rev. Meg Preaching, May 26 2019 @ Unitarian Universalist Church of Minnetonka, https://s.time.ly/jPvLxqjj 

Rev. Meg Preaching, May 5 2019 @ Unitarian Universalist Church of Minnetonka, https://s.time.ly/jGanJBUw 

We are so glad that CLF board member Charles DuMond traveled to the first ever General Assembly of The Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines. We send our hearty congratulations to them as they celebrate this big event! Thanks Charles for the photo! pic.twitter.com/EjVLeGLNUA

Rev. Meg Preaching, Apr 21 2019 @ Unitarian Universalist Church of Minnetonka, https://s.time.ly/hiaZJKmE 

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Rev. Meg Preaching, Mar 17 2019 @ Unitarian Universalist Church of Minnetonka, https://s.time.ly/nUMdapi7 

Rev. Meg Preaching, Mar 3 2019 @ Unitarian Universalist Church of Minnetonka, https://s.time.ly/WnitYG4d 

Rev. Meg Preaching, Feb 10 2019 @ Unitarian Universalist Church of Minnetonka, https://s.time.ly/JaB7reGp 

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Rev. Meg Preaching, Jan 20 2019 @ Unitarian Universalist Church of Minnetonka, https://s.time.ly/8ZcnS8zE 

Margalie is Preaching in Springfield, MA, Dec 26 2018 @ The Unitarian Universalist Society of Greater Springfield, https://s.time.ly/KvSYypHn 

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