Author Archives: Bob Patrick

Belonging To A Minute In Time

Posted on September 24, 2025 by Bob Patrick

It’s easy (for me) these days to go about collecting bad news. Bad news has many categories in my mind. There is the kind that shows up on NPR as I make coffee. There’s the kind that comes from hearing … Continue reading →

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Belonging and Loneliness

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Bob Patrick

Somewhere, early in life, a longing rises up within us. We long to have a people who are our people, a language that is our language, places that we see and know immediately as our places, a philosophy of life … Continue reading →

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Primal Belonging

Posted on September 12, 2025 by Bob Patrick

There is something primal about the feeling of belonging.  When we are made to feel that we belong, it is not because we have thought our way into it. Belonging is not an intellectual experience.   It is not because … Continue reading →

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Three Men Belonging

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Bob Patrick

Generally speaking, I am in good health. Once I became “over 60” the doctors I see became much more interested in running tests to see if, in fact, I am in generally good health. On this particular morning, I was … Continue reading →

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Building Belonging

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Bob Patrick

It is with great joy and some trepidation that I write these opening words for our 2025-2026 season of the Words of Wisdom? reflections.  Great Joy! Those of us who collaborate to write daily reflections on our Unitarian Universalist themes … Continue reading →

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Imagination Required

Posted on May 29, 2025 by Bob Patrick

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,the world offers itself to your imagination,calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –over and over announcing your placein the family of things. Excerpt from Wild GeeseBy Mary Oliver Twelve years … Continue reading →

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Space for the Wind

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Bob Patrick

Years ago, I was taught a breathing practice. Recently in a friend’s blog, I was reminded of that same practice. Since then, I’ve been experimenting with it. The practice is very simple, and I think, transformative. It also gives space … Continue reading →

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