For the past seven months, we have been offering daily reflections on the seven values that Unitarian Universalists have deemed central to our faith: Love, Justice, Equity, Transformation, Pluralism, Interdependence, and Generosity. It is important that our articulated values are lived out loud–that they become our expressed values through actions every day.
What values are central in your life? How do you express them through your actions?
“The beloved community names the matrix within which life is celebrated, love is worshipped, and partial victories over injustice lay the groundwork for further acts of criticism and courageous defiance.” -Sharon Welch
Celebrate life and worship love today.
“Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won.” -John Lewis
What are the spiritual practices that help you release bitterness towards others?
“If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching privilege to difference.” — bell hooks
How have you witnessed differences being recognized without being privileged?
“Do not fear agitation, for agitation is the rhythm of life itself; to be put into motion, to be stirred. Do not fear the movements that decenter what you always thought permanent. You carry within the center of your understanding, the compass to show you the way.” -Tania Márquez
How have you been taught to deal with agitation? How might you come to a healthier relationship with it?
