Today, throughout the world, Christians celebrate Ash Wednesday. With the blessing of ashes upon their foreheads, they are reminded of human mortality and the need for reconciliation and repentance. And yet, the notion that we all come from dust and will one day return to it is also a profound statement of interdependence: our origins and our fate are all the same.
Seek to make amends, reparation, or reconciliation for something today.
“We covenant to affirm and promote respect for the interdependent web of existence of which we are a part.” (UUA Seventh Principle)
What does interdependence mean to you?
“I have learned to trust those who are witnesses rather than gurus, those who express their confusion as well as their knowledge, and those who share their suffering along with their joy.” -David Rankin
Practice being a whole, authentic person with someone you trust.
“A smile shared and savored
A child’s squeal of delight as she dances in the daisies and daffodils
The quiet joy of gathered community
This, this is the spirit of life and love that we call forth now…
May this spirit infuse our hearts, fill our souls, and carry us forward like a wave on the ocean”
-Seth Carrier-Ladd
Bring to mind the memory of a joy that can carry you forward today.
My dog does not contain her excitement, she relishes in the simple pleasures, and her truest joy comes from just being around her people.
Let your truest joy out today. Share it with others.
