This week's quote reads, "Happiness is a decision, not fate."
Still I Am One
Musings of a Quakerly-inclined Unitarian
“I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.
And because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do the something I can do.”
Edward Everett Hale
Sunday, 30 March 2025
Happiness is a Decision
Friday, 14 March 2025
Love is a Choice
Scrolling idly through Facebook this morning, I came across this beautiful image, posted by the First Congregational United Church of Christ from Sioux City, Iowa, on the Faith on the Fringe page:
Friday, 7 March 2025
And... Breathe
For many of us, it is the middle of the annual meetings season, and there is a fair chance we are beginning to feel a bit overwhelmed by the size of the to-do list. This is certainly true of me. Our District AGM is on 22nd March, and I am District Secretary, so am in charge of organising it. And the GA meetings are only five weeks away, for which I have several bits of paperwork to prepare - for the Peace Fellowship's AGM, and for a URG debate on the use of Artificial Intelligence in Unitarian worship.
And the rest of my life is pretty busy as well - there's always a service to be written and delivered; people to visit; research to do; family matters; domestic stuff - the list goes on. At times like this, when I am feeling overwhelmed by life, it helps to remember the words of Laird Hamilton: "Make sure your worst enemy is not living between your ears."
That little voice, which whispers, "It's all too much. You can't do it. There isn't enough time. You are responsible if anything goes wrong." A whole litany of negativity, nagging away at my equilibrium.
At times like this, I have found that there is only one remedy. I breathe - simply breathe. "Each breath in a breath of life, each breath out a breath of love" as my first spiritual director taught me. And as I breathe, I imagine a beautiful landscape - green hills and blue sky, like the image above, or a calm sea, like the image below.
Friday, 28 February 2025
Start the Day Well
This week's quote reads, "If you start the day with a laugh, you've already won it."
Friday, 21 February 2025
The Best Things in Life are Invisible
This week's quote reads, "The best things in life are invisible, so we close our eyes when we kiss, laugh, and dream."
Friday, 14 February 2025
Embracing Life
This week's quote advises us to "Live your life with arms wide open!"
Friday, 7 February 2025
Reach for the Stars
This week's quote read, "Take time to dream - it is the way to the stars."