Persistence is the will to survive. It is the audacity to bend the arc of the universe towards justice. It is community care, stubbornness, and courage in the face of injustice. Persistence takes many forms in many different circumstances.
What does persistence mean in your life?
“Each child connects us to nature, to the innocence and exuberance of a world always hatching newborns: kittens and pups and lambs and babes” -Gary Kowalski
What connects you to innocence and exuberance today?
Cindy Fesgen invites us to light our chalices “cherishing our differences and holding each other in sacredness.” So much of friendship is cherishing what makes us different from each other, and still finding the sacred things that connect us.
How do you cherish differences?
“To the blessings of warm, accepting human relationship,
may our hearts be open
and our minds take heed,
for in a lonely and sometimes frightening world,
friendship is often the support that upholds us.” -Ken Sawyer
How have friends supported you through difficult times?
I recently read a poem about friends being with us for a reason, a season, or, if we are very lucky, for a lifetime. I used to think if I didn’t hold on to my friends past the reason or season, I must be fundamentally flawed, but I am learning that it’s okay to mourn, honor, and lovingly let go of what has gone before without holding shame around it. -Lori Stone (CLF)
Read Brian A. “Drew” Chalker’s “A Reason, a Season, a Lifetime”
How do you honor the end of a meaningful friendship?
