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Making Connections
Blessing
Blessed be the people we carry in our blood.
Blessed be the places we carry in our bones.
May our living make a way for those who come after
a path of blessing, a path of beauty.
—…
Everything is Connected
Jewish Wisdom
If everything is connected to everything else, then everyone is ultimately responsible for everything. We can blame nothing on anyone else. The more we comprehend our mutual interde…
Bursting into Light
Movie Lines
"There are other forms of intelligence on Earth besides humans."
— Spock in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Good Ancestors
Catholic Wisdom
Relationships with those we love in this life do not end. Those we love in time and space continue to love us after they make the transition to that better life we call "eternal."…
A Ukrainian Sense of Belonging
By Nikita Zinoviev
There are so many countries all over the world and each of them has something unique. We all differ in language, culture, nationality, outlook, climate, territory, and so on. …
The Language of Connection
By Po-Ting (Duke) Lin
Attending activities at local temples, directing prayers to the souls of our ancestors, gathering with family around round tables during the Lunar New Year, and visiting gr…
A Leap of Faith
Music Lyrics
It takes a leap of faith to get things going
It takes a leap of faith you gotta show some guts
It takes a leap of faith to get things going
In your heart you must trust
— Bruce…
Human Rights for a River
In March of 2017, New Zealand passed a bill making the Whanganui River the first one in the world to hold the same legal rights, responsibilities, and liabilities as a human being. For the Maori peo…
How Do We Determine that We Have Really Lived?
By Zayna Mian
With just 16 years to account for on this earth, I wondered if I was being presumptuous in attempting to tackle the question of what it means to have really lived. So, I turned to …
Welcome to the Ritual Space
Ritual. When you read or hear that word, what does it conjure up for you? For me the word recalls Sundays in the Catholic church of my adolescence with candles and incense and Latin. But not just th…
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