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My vet said, “She's telling you thank you for letting her go.”Reflection | By Ndidi Achebe | October 12, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Animal Memorial, Animals, Death, Direct Experience, Grief, Letting Go, Love, Secular, Worship
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Dying is scary, but we are brave, and we can talk about it together.Reflection | By Meg Barnhouse | October 5, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Death, Family, Limitations, Meaning, Worship
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I wasn’t really “born this way.” I grew this way.Reflection | By Heather McDuffee | September 28, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: #Pride, Choice, Coming Out, Friendship, God, Identity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Marriage, National Coming Out Day, Transformation, Trust, Worship
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We don’t need to understand why someone sets a boundary to respect it.Reflection | By Shaya French | September 21, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Friendship, Interdependence, Limitations, Relationships, Stewardship, Worship
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I rise on the shoulders of ancestors whose names I can not know.Reflection | By Glen Thomas Rideout | September 14, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: #8thPrinciple, #BlackHistoryMonth, #BlackLivesMatter, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), America, Anti-Oppression, Black History / Whitney Young / James Reeb, Direct Experience, Family, Generations, History, Oppression, Race/Ethnicity, Secular, Self-Respect, Unitarian Universalism, Worship
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It's my actions and choices that determine my connection to others.Reflection | By Priscilla Shumway | September 7, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Spiritual Practice, Worship
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There is no such thing as unskilled labor.Reflection | By Sarah Skochko | August 31, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), America, Compassion, Dignity, Human Rights, Humanism, Labor Day, Secular, Work, Worship
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We must choose each other again and again, though conflict and through plenty.Reflection | By Abbey Tennis | June 29, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Conflict, Discernment, Love, Reconciliation, Relationships, Worship
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We have to keep finding ways to widen the circle of care and concern.Reflection | By JeKaren Olaoya | June 22, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Hospitality, Identity, Multiculturalism, Race/Ethnicity, Unitarian Universalism, Worship
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We have a holy obligation to bring about paradise on this earth; each generation helps us do that.Reflection | By Nathan Ryan | June 15, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Children, Father's Day, Fathers, Generations, Hope, Mothers, Parents, Purpose, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Worship
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To be queer is to know the ways of holding all that shimmers to the light.Reflection | By Laura Solomon | June 8, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Humanism, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Worship
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We are an angry and beautiful people.Reflection | By Laura Solomon | June 1, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Brokenness, Connections, Direct Experience, Disaster or Crisis, Fear, Humanism, Love, Suffering, Unitarian Universalism, Worship
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Growing connects me to ancestors who had their hands in the dirt because it was keeping them alive.Reflection | By Melissa Jeter | May 25, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Abundance, Earth, Earth-Centered, Family, Food, Food Justice, Generations, Growth, Humanism, Nature, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Worship
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None of us are mission-making machines.Reflection | By Susan Maginn | May 18, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Compassion, Direct Experience, Humanism, Leadership, Military, Ministry, Secular, Vulnerability, Worship
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Motherhood must be a choice. It cannot be chosen for us.Reflection | By Leslie Ahuvah Fails | May 11, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Body, Children, Choice, Mothers, Reproductive Justice, Worship
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Blessing something or someone is a way of expressing my gratitude and reverence for them.Reflection | By Tania Márquez | May 4, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Direct Experience, Family, Mothers, Power, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Worship
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You can crush Love down, bury it, cover it over, but it will rise.Reflection | By Molly Housh Gordon | April 6, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Christianity, Community, Easter, Love, Mystery, Purpose, Worship
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When the holy month of Ramadan approaches, it becomes a beautiful reminder to return to myself.Reflection | By Summer Albayati | March 30, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Contemplation, Islam, Spiritual Practice, Worship
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May we forever perceive the ways we can empower others.Reflection | By Sara Palmer | March 23, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Children, Coming-of-Age, Compassion, Growth, Parents, Power, Worship
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White supremacy culture tells me that I’m only "good" if I’m perfect, treating all falls as hard stops.Reflection | By Christine Slocum | March 16, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Anti-Oppression, Challenge, Ending, Failure, Growth, Humanism, Letting Go, Secular, Worship