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Affirmation: I embrace and honor all of who I am. Reading: We are born with only one obligation–to be completely who we are. Yet how much of our time is spent comparing ourselves to others, dead and alive. This is encouraged as necessary in the pursuit of excellence. Yet a flower in its excellence does […]

Affirmation: I honor the humanity and divinity in everyone I meet. Reading: It’s Ok To Be Perfectly Human, written by Brian J. Plachta Why do we nag and criticize ourselves? Perfectionism is one reason. We expect ourselves to be perfect, and when we aren’t, we shame ourselves. We dig trenches of negativity that tell us […]

Affirmation: I recognize and honor that I am part of one global family. Reading: A community of people walking together on a spiritual path has a great deal of strength; its members are able to protect each other, to help each other in every aspect of the practice, and to build the strength of the […]

Affirmation: I create bridges wherever I go. Reading: You may find yourself in a season when the weight of the world feels especially heavy. In Jewish tradition, the 17th of Tammuz begins a period of mourning that leads to Tisha b’Av, remembering the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem. The deeper teaching is not only […]