UU Lent 2022 – Day 8 – Alone
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UU Lent 2022 – Day 7 – Grief
“But what is grief, if not love persevering?” – Vision in the show WandaVision
Weeping willow with your tears running down,
why do you always weep and frown?
is it because he left you one day?
is it because he couldnt not stay?
on your branches he would swing,
do you love the happiness that he would bring?
he found shelter in your shade,
we thought his laughter would never fade!
Weeping willow stop your tears,
there is something to calm your fears,
you think death as you do forever part,
i know he will always be in your heart!
Why the Five Stages of Grief Are Wrong: Lessons from the (non-)stages of grief by David B. Feldman Ph.D.
Laying Dreams to Rest by Leslie Gatto
UU Lent 2022 – Day 6 – Flexibility
According to the dictionary, Flexibility means:
- capable of bending easily without breaking.
- able to be easily modified to respond to altered circumstances or conditions.
- (of a person) ready and able to change so as to adapt to different circumstances.
Flexibility by Amy Rodeffer Thompson
UU Lent 2022 – Day 5 – Hospitality
“In Judaism, showing hospitality (hakhnasat orchim) to guests is considered a mitzvah. When one knows of strangers who are hungry or need a place to relax, it becomes a legal obligation. Some rabbis consider hakhnasat orchim (literally the “bringing in of strangers”) to be a part of gemilut hasadim (giving of loving kindness).” – From The Jewish Virtual Library
The first story of hospitality in the Torah is when Abraham welcomes the strangers.
Ways to Deepen Your Congregation’s Welcome
UU Lent 2022 – Day 4 – Vulnerability
Speaking to the Locks by Meg Barnhouse
Masks by Shel Silverstein is a poem about the dangers of not being vulnerable.
UU Lent 2022 – Day 3 – Breathe
“I do not wish to breathe another breath if it is not shared with others. The breath of life is not mine alone.
I brought myself to be with you, hoping that by inhaling the compassion, the courage, the hope found here, I can exhale the fear, the selfishness, the separateness I keep so close to my skin.
I cannot live another moment, at least not one of joy, unless you and I find our oneness somewhere among each other, somewhere between the noise, somewhere within the silence of the next breath.” – “The Breath of Life is not Mine Alone” by Rev. Dr. Kristin L. Harper
Breathe with Me By Susan Maginn
UU Lent 2022 – Day 2 – Soil
Meditation on Planting By David Snedden
That plowed up ground that your dad damned his luck on
That post game party field you circle up on
And when it rains, you get stuck on
Drift a cloud back behind county roads that you run up
And mud on her jeans that she peeled off and hung up
Her blue-eyed summertime smile looks so good that it hurts
Makes you wanna build a ten percent down
White picket fence house on this dirt”
UU Lent 2022 – Day 1 – Reflection
I found this reflection by Rev. Lora Brandis to be especially meaningful today. She reminds us all that we are Connected by Mortality.
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