Hearing The Bell
Listen, listen,
this wonderful sound
brings me back
to my true self.

Take now a moment or two to sit in the silence; knowing that nothing is expected of us. We have nowhere we have to go. Nothing that we have to do. This is a moment to be in the silence and to allow the silence to be in us and to remember the words “present moment, wonderful moment”

With humble awareness we offer this gift of life.
May each precious grain come to nourish body,
mind and spirit—in the Way of Oneness.

Take courage friends.
The way is often hard,
the path is never clear,
and the stakes are very high.
Take courage.
For deep down, there is another truth;
you are not alone.
—Wayne B. Arnason

Spirit of Community,
in which we share and find strength
and common purpose,
we turn our minds and hearts toward one another
seeking to bring into our circle of concern
all who need our love and support:
those who are ill,
those who are in pain, either in body or in spirit,
those who are lonely, those who have been wronged.
We are part of a web of life that makes us one with all humanity, one with the universe.
We are grateful for the miracle of consciousness that we share, the consciousness that gives us the power to remember, to love, to care. —Frederick E. Gillis

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. —Albert Schweitzer