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Empathy begins with understanding life from another person’s perspective. Nobody has an objective experience of reality. It’s all through our own individual prisms.
– Sterling K. Brown
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/understanding
Merriam Webster defines safety as 1) the condition of being safe from undergoing or causing hurt, injury, or loss and 2) a device (as on a weapon or a machine) designed to prevent inadvertent or hazardous operation.
The question for me then becomes how can we practice safety and be a safety for all?
“Safety and Security” a sermon by Rev. Tom Capo
Here is a prayer “A Bouquet of People” by Claire Feingold Thoryn and a poem “Now I Love You, Now I Witness” by Rev. Theresa I. Soto. May their words inspire you.
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.”
― Fred Rogers
In her reflection, “Go Play“, Rev. Marisol Caballero discusses why we should play and how it can break down stereotypes.
“Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
— Hebrews 13:2
“Jewish Hospitality: Traditional teachings on being a good host (and guest).” From My Jewish Learning
P.S. the pineapple is a symbol of hospitality.
Merriam Webster defines focus as
a point of concentration, directed attention, or a state or condition permitting clear perception or understanding.
Focus by Erin Elizabeth Casey
“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”
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“ Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.”
– Neil Armstrong.
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” – Albert Einstein
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