Today I am going to try and live into the simplicity and struggle of this covenant (co-created by junior high UU youth at camp this summer):

Respect, Kindness, Forgiveness, Focus.

Today I am going to aspire to be the human being I wish others would be to me and my neighbors.

Maybe tomorrow  too.  So much is possible.

And when (not if) I miss the mark, I will begin again in love.

For myself, for you, for all that is possible when we choose compassion over judgment, hope over harm…

Today.

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Rev. Deanna Vandiver

Deanna Vandiver is a community minister in New Orleans, LA, serving as the Executive Director for the Center for Ethical Living and Social Justice Renewal (http://www.celjsr.org).Since she accepted the call to ministry, she has not experienced one boring day.Good music, good food, and good friends have sustained her through heck and high water and she has a practice of gratitude for the wonders of this life.

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