The Water That Connects Us

I first understood interdependence in elementary school when I learned about the water cycle that happens on our planet. I felt so awestruck thinking that the water I was drinking was once rain in India that flowed to the sea. When we are in our silos, nations,  and families, it can be so hard to see the forest from the trees. I try to remind myself when I am going through the sorrows and joys of life, that in the midst of the social suffering we create for ourselves, all of us are on a rock moving through space together. How wild is that? -Lecretia Williams (CLF)

What are the joys and sorrows you need others to accompany you with today?

You Are Important To Me

“I need you, you need me.
We’re all a part of God’s body.
Stand with me, agree with me.
We’re all a part of God’s body.
It is His will that every need be supplied.
You are important to me, I need you to survive.
You are important to me, I need you to survive.” -Lyrics by David Frazier 

(listen to a version sung by Glen Thomas Rideout and the GA Choir from the 2018 UUA General Assembly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GURBo8jk_n8)

When have you noticed the well-being of others impacting your well-being or vice versa?

Dancing with Life

For as long as I can remember I’ve misspelled interdependence as “interdependance”. Recently I’ve reflected that “-dance” is actually a better way of looking at it since interdependence relies on all of us leading and following one another. Sometimes we know where we are going and need others to follow and other times we are blissful in the following. Either way, the communication required of the dance is what matters in the final outcome. -Christina Rivera (CLF)

How can you clearly communicate with another in the “dance” of today?