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This list includes every page or product from UUA.org, UU World magazine, or inSpirit books & gifts that is tagged with Patience or its children.

  • Seen from behind, a person walks along a low-tide beach. Kelp covered rocks in foreground. Gentle surf and ocean waves in distance.

    I am learning to give up needing to know the answers, and instead live with the questions.

    Reflection | By Diane Dassow | October 20, 2021 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Body, Direct Experience, Illness, Patience, Peace, Spiritual Practice, Worry, Worship
  • Against a vibrant golden plain, a regal lioness surveys her surroundings.

    We need resilience, perseverance, and persistence.

    Poetry | By Summer Albayati | September 21, 2021 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Faith, International, Islam, Patience, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • Hanging underneath an outdoor surface is a new green chrysalis, a clear one that’s about ready to emerge, and a butterfly that’s already come out.

    Emergence, becoming, is inherent in each of us.

    Reflection | By Kimberlee Anne Tomczak Carlson | June 30, 2021 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Change, Direct Experience, Earth-Centered, Growth, Nature, Patience, Transformation, Worship
  • Against a black background, a white egg rests on its side. A second egg, standing on its end, has had its top removed and green sprout grows out of the egg.

    I am no longer a victim of change: I am shaping the world that is to come.

    Reflection | By Martha Durkee-Neuman | April 28, 2021 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Beginnings, Change, Direct Experience, Ending, God, Patience, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Worship
  • UU clergy person wearing mask and stole, holding a small bell

    Although there is good news on the horizon about the pandemic subsiding, Unitarian Universalist communities are not yet able to gather in person. At the UUA, we are your partners, to help navigate the coming many months.

    By Susan Frederick-Gray | March 25, 2021 | From Press Releases
    Tagged as: #COVID19, Patience, Safety and Staffing in Congregations
  • A sharp, gleaming fish hook lies on the edge of a boat, with a body of water visible in the background.

    Spirit of Life and Love, help me to notice when I am hooked.

    Reflection | By Shari Woodbury | March 17, 2021 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Buddhism, Contemplation, Mindfulness, Patience, Spiritual Practice, Worship
  • A heart carved into the trunk of a tree, colored in red.

    We’re staying home. Love has never asked this of us before. We’re staying home, this is our gift to humanity. Let us wish each other well. For those staying home alone, I offer you this blessing. May you grow a deeper understanding of your own worth. Dear one, leaven the aloneness with gentle...

    Affirmation | By Linda Barnes | April 7, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #COVID19, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Building Community, Direct Experience, Faith, Families & Faith Development, Family, Love, Patience, Peace, Social Media, Worth, Communication
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    Pearls of catkins / illumine the willow’s branches

    Poetry | By Margaret Krell | March 1, 2020 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Growth, Nature, Patience, Transformation
  • Acorns, pine cones, and leaves arranged on a white surface, photographed from above.

    A seed knows how to wait. Most seeds wait for several years before starting to grow; a cherry seed can wait for a hundred years with no problem. What exactly each seed is waiting for is known only to that seed. Some unique trigger-combination of temperature-moisture-light and many other things is...

    Reading | By Hope Jahren | January 9, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Child Dedication, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Environment, Growth, Humanism, Nature, New Child, Patience, Secular, Climate Justice
  • On a NYC subway car, a woman sits with both feet planted on the floor, hands held lightly in meditation position, with her eyes closed.

    Outside of the meditation hall, we plan for the future and think of the past. But so often we replay past regrets and worry about future events to the point where we’re no longer present in the present.

    Reflection | By Kat Liu | February 6, 2019 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Body, Buddhism, Direct Experience, Humility, Letting Go, Mindfulness, Patience, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Worry