Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. – Langston Hughes
Rain is good for me. I feel like I achieve clarity actually when it rains. The longer I have to sit and wait, the clearer my game becomes to me. – Venus Williams
Higgins: A Drop with a Dream by Christopher Buice
In my opinion, there is no aspect of reality beyond the reach of the human mind. – Stephen Hawking
The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all. – Origen
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. – Jesus Christ
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates. – Lao Tzu
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection. – Buddha
Hope, Not Nearly There by David Breeden
I am not alone. There is a Love holding me. by Heather Rion Starr
The Promise and the Practice: Repairing Our Mistakes with Love (Time for All Ages) by Jaelynn Pema-la Scott and Erika A. Hewitt
“Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.” – Ann Landers
“If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.” – Julia Cameron
The Promise and the Practice: Lamentation for Two Voices by Rebekah Savage and Erika A. Hewitt
“A child who has overcome challenges with proper emotional support will emerge stronger.” – Kate Middleton
“Strong people don’t put others down… They lift them up.” – Michael P. Watson
“I want to be around people that do things. I don’t want to be around people anymore that judge or talk about what people do. I want to be around people that dream and support and do things.” – Amy Poehler
Spectrum of Language by Alex Kapitan
The dictionary defines inspiration as 1) the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative and 2) a sudden brilliant, creative, or timely idea.
Here is a pastoral message from Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray.
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
― Ernest Hemingway
“Trust is built when someone is vulnerable and not taken advantage of.” – Bob Vanourek
“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
From A Guide to Pastoral Care and Connection in a Time of Physical Distancing Reaching Out Safely by Beth Casebolt
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“Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love.” – William Shakespeare
“The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.” – Nikola Tesla
“It takes two flints to make a fire.” – Louisa May Alcott
In These Days of Fire by John Gibb Millspaugh and Sarah Gibb Millspaugh
West Fork Unitarian Universalists 