Category Archives: Everything Possible
Everything Possible: Conditions all right
The Buddha taught that when all the conditions were right, a thing would happen. This little bit of wisdom can be applied to everything, great and small. For example, a thin piece of paper comes at just the right angle, … Continue reading
Everything Possible: Three Dynamics of Ending Well
And the only measure of your words and your deeds will be the love–you leave behind when you’re done. As we have sung this song by Fred Small week after week in the month of March, I keep being drawn … Continue reading
Everything Possible: The Power of Friendship
On Saturday night of this past week, our Unitarian Universalist congregation held a potluck dinner to welcome and get to know our Muslim neighbors in our part of metro Atlanta. Here’s the backstory. The President of the United States issued … Continue reading
Everything Possible: In the Mirror
The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who … Continue reading
Everything Possible: Imagine
Imagine there’s no heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people living for today This is my daily prayer each day for the next month. Thirty days. I am going … Continue reading
Everything Possible: Perfection
I walked outside this morning before dawn. There had been a storm in the middle of the night, and the cloud cover was still so thick that I really could see nothing, no stars or moon, not even the shape … Continue reading
Everything Possible: The Walls
Microagression. That’s a big word for the things we say or do, intended or unintended, that demonstrate some level of hostility toward a person because of the “group” they belong to. We can find plenty of examples in the air … Continue reading