Managing Mistakes
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What do you do when you make a mistake? You see what part of it was yours. You take responsibility and let go of the self-defense. Read more →
Mistakes
June 2020
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. ―Albert Einstein
Articles
When We Fail
The fundamental belief in the value of the individual has long held a central place in liberal religion, and finds a modern expression in our faith’s first principle, an affirmation of the inherent worth and dignity of every person. Read more »
Embracing Failure
I used to be someone who beat myself up for every fault, even ones that no one else knew about. Read more »
Splendid Failures
This past summer my husband and I celebrated our 30th anniversary by going hiking in the mountains. Read more »
Ministerial Search
The CLF’s beloved senior minister, Rev. Meg Riley, has announced her retirement, effective August 2020. Read more »
You Are Worthy of Love
There are plenty of places in the world where folks are more than ready to point out your mistakes, and to tell you that what you are doing is not good enough. Read more »
REsources for Living
Our theme for this month is Mistakes and Failures—which I think of as two very different things. Read more »
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Managing Mistakes
What do you do when you make a mistake? You see what part of it was yours. You take responsibility and let go of the self-defense. Read more »
Mistakes
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. ―Albert Einstein Read more »
Anne Lamott and the Pee-Pee Tweet
OK, honey, you know we love you, right? We love your novels and your essays and your memoirs and your wonderful Facebook posts. We love that you see your own imperfections, which look so much like ours, and that you are so clear that God treasures each of us in the presence of those imperfections, not in spite of them. Read more →
Perils of Perfection
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An overachiever’s high-stress lifestyle was causing a whole complex of stress-related issues: migraines, backaches, heart palpitations, and climbing blood pressure. Alarmed, her doctor told her she needed to slow down and learn to relax. Read more →
Imperfection: The Perfect Spirituality
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My youngest sister Beth was very talented physically. When she was seven she could roller skate across the basement, up the stairs, down the steep driveway and the steeper hill of the road with perfect balance and grace. But she was very shy. Read more →
Want More?
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If you enjoy the ways in which Monthly Quest gets you thinking, come join the conversation on Facebook—search for the CLF Quest Monthly Theme Discussion Group. Read more →
Always Evolving
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It’s no secret that the CLF is willing to try new things and risk mistakes to reach more people with a Unitarian Universalist message of hope, love, and justice. Read more →
The Healing Moment
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Each day I am newly reminded of my unworthiness: a dozen thoughts misspoken; another day when the good I do falls so far short of the good that I could do; myriad small interchanges, moments of sharing that strain to the breaking point my desire to be generous, helpful, and kind; months of careful work lost by a moment’s impatience, a careless word. Read more →
The Imperfectionist
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The reason I’ve been able to
produce so much
is that I’m not a perfectionist—
I’m an imperfectionist. Read more →
From Your Minister
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Mistakes. The longer I live, the more clearly I know that I’ll never quit making them. So, one skill that I have honed to a fine point is that of apologizing. Read more →