As our maples are transitioning from winter to spring, with their sap, their lifeblood running free and strong, let us also learn to tap into our lifeblood, our heart’s well-spring of clarity, strength, and joy. Sunday, March 19, we explored one way to do this. I honor all the other ways that work for you, and would love to hear from you if you’re willing to share. My email address is CLM@esuuc.org. May you tap into your power, to take your UU values and principles into lived action, each and every day.
Blessed be, namaste, and amen,
Marianne Jew

Here are the spiritual wisdom and experience from all of you. What a rich community of blessings you share.
Heart-broken-open:
 The Spring smell of Earth
 Learning
 Standing on top of a majestic mountain
 “Where is the Love” by Black Eyed Peas (video with images)
 Ashokan Farewell (many renditions, here’s one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaCazf36D3k
 Seeing new babies learning something new for the first time, thinking about the world we are leaving for them
 Right Relations
 Kore
 Sharon + Sharing
 Flowers, pets, finding hope in nature
 Songs that make me miss my husband
 Music that has lyrics that move me, “Love Reign O’er Me”
 Children of war, hungry – alone, neglected & unloved children everywhere
 Images of immigrant children
 “Taps” on trumpet
 Being able to be present and do something helpful for a person with dementia
 Tears wept over mistakes shared with another
 Our kitties! Aurella & Gable
 “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus
 Memories
 Seeing Love & helping
 Lack of quality communication
 Strangers helping strangers
 “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong
 Fear for the future of humanity
 Caring for animals

 A child’s face
 A small boy – ~4 year’s old – reaching up for a hand – my hand…
 Cancer
 The book “Prison Writings” by Leonard Peltier
 Fear of people in Ukraine
 Earthquake victims
 Shared music and dancing with others

To Joy and Hope:
 Hearing and watching the birds!
 Sound of the ocean
 Watching herons
 Talking with my granddaughters
 Watching the sun rise over the ocean!
 “What’s Going On” by 4 NON-BLONDES (4 Non Blondes – “What’s Up (Official Music Video)”)
 Standing on top of a majestic mountain
 Eastern shores of Lake Ontario
 Caring for my partners
 Baby belly laughs
 Sitting in the park near my house. Or driving through the CVNP
 Watching the power of nature at Niagara Falls as the water falls over the edge
 Warmth of the sun
 Listening to spring peepers from my back porch
 Sharing sunrise/sunset with someone who is hunting
 “I Am Light” by India Arie
 Mary Oliver; intimacy-orgasm; hugs; Beethoven
 Music with inspiring words
 “How Can I Keep from Singing” – NYC Virtual Choir and Orchestra, Podd Brothers
 In my mind, the laughter of children
 Strangers helping strangers
 The song “The Prayer” by Josh Groban
 Our kitties! Aurella & Gable
 Quality communication
 Helping others
 Using my skill set to help improve something in some small way
 Grandsons
 Watching my grandchildren grow
 Steve Winwood song “While You See a Chance”
 People gathering to clean up environment and save animals
 A meteor shower * * * * Starry nights
 A child’s laughter
 Being with family and sharing with family

 The stars and moon on a clear night
 Book about Harriet Tubman
 Blooming flowers in my garden
 My son and his husband
 Birds singing; playing amid snowflakes
 Young life with hope and joy in their eyes and smiles
 Exploring a new city or country – sights and smells and tastes
 Sharon and camping
 The love and support from my family