Cultivating Meaningful Work- Letting Go of Self Doubt

March 29, 2020 • Wendy Craig-Purcell

Letting Go of What People Think

September 22, 2013 • Wendy Craig-Purcell

Letting Go of Perfectionism

September 29, 2013 • Wendy Craig-Purcell

Spiritual Maturity--Recap and Review

February 28, 2021 • Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell

Cultivating Calm/Letting Go of Anxiety

March 22, 2020 • Wendy Craig-Purcell

Cultivating a Resilient Spirit

October 6, 2013 • Wendy Craig-Purcell

A Legacy of Love

May 30, 2021 • Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell

Seven Habits Intro: Inside Out

February 12, 2023

Readings: “Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they art too heavy to be broken.” Warren Buffet “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” Jim Rohn  “Successful people are simply those with successful habits.” Brian Tracy “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” Helen Keller  “A person’s ethics and character are not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how steadfast he is to his dharma.” Amish Tripathi  “Maturity comes not with age but with the acceptance of responsibility. You are only young once but immaturity can last a lifetime!” Edwin Louis Cole “You don’t have a problem except the one that is in your own mind, and you put it there!” Myrtle Fillmore

Healing

February 21, 2021 • Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell

“Fear and Panic or Faith and Practice?”

March 15, 2020 • Wendy Craig-Purcell

Cultivating Gratitude/ Letting Go of Scarcity & Fear

October 13, 2013 • Wendy Craig-Purcell

Knowing Your Purpose and Perfection

May 23, 2021 • Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell

The Need to Control

November 18, 2018 • Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell

In this last lesson of the series, Wendy discusses “The Need to Control”. What is the difference between being ‘in control’ and being ‘controlling’? Where does our need to control come from? READINGS: “You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.” Wayne Dyer “I let go of my need to control and allow the Universe to do her thing.” Gabrielle Bernstein “Real strength isn’t control. It’s knowing when to let go.” Christopher Barzak “Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.” Rumi “Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.” Kahlil Gibran “Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what yo do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t.” Steve Maraboli “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” Viktor Frankl “Anything you can’t control is teaching you how to let go.” Unknown “Everything I ever let go of had claw marks on it.” Unknown

Living Through Love

November 14, 2021 • Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell

“It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.” Eleanor Roosevelt “Love is our only reason for living and the only purpose of life. We live for the sake of love, and we live seeking love… it is not surprising that we keep looking for love. All of us are nothing but vibrations of love. We are sustained by love, and in the end, we merge back into love…” Swami Muktananda “I live my life with love. I live my life with compassion. I live my life hoping for the best for absolutely everyone, no matter how they feel about me. And when you live that way, it’s amazing how beautiful every day can be.” Anne Hathaway “I do assert that one prepares for eternity not by being religious and keeping the rules, but by living fully, loving wastefully, and daring to be all that each of us has the capacity to be.” John Shelby Spong “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” Mother Teresa

Turning Points: in Well-Being

August 4, 2019 • Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell

READINGS “Life is not merely being alive, but being well.” Marcus Aurelius “Wellness is the complete integration of body, mind and spirit—the realization that everything we do, think, feel and believe has an effect on our state of well-being.” Greg Anderson “So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.” A.J. Reb Materi “It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing.” Marcia Wieder “For everyone, well-being is a journey…the secret is committing to that journey and taking those first steps with hope and belief in yourself.” Deepak Chopra “It’s not what we do once in awhile that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.” Unknown? “A year from now you will have wished that you started today.” “Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.” Warren Buffett “You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” John C. Maxwell “When “I” is replaced by “We” even illness becomes wellness.”

Reflection...Looking Deeply Within

February 14, 2021 • Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell

Seven Habits #1: Be Proactive

February 19, 2023

Readings “I fairly sizzle with zeal, energy, and enthusiasm; eager to do that which ought to be done be me today.” Charles Fillmore  “You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you,  and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.” Brain Tracy “When you can’t control what’s happening, challenge yourself to control the way you respond to what’s happening. That’s where your power is.” Keith A Turner Sr “The victim mindset dilutes the human potential. By not accepting personal responsibility for our circumstances, we greatly reduce our power to change them.” Steve Maraboli “Whenever we try to avoid responsibility for our behavior, we give that responsibility to another person along with powers.” Scott Peck “The choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.” Eleanor Roosevelt “It’s only when you take responsibility for your life, that you discover how powerful you truly are!” Allanah Hunt

Playful Rest

February 13, 2022 • Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell

"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” John Lubbock “Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.” Maya Angelou “Every now and then, go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen.” Leonardo da Vinci “Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answers.” William Burroughs “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” Anne Lamott “It takes courage to say yes to rest and play in a culture where exhaustion is seen as a status symbol.” Brene Brown “If you’re tired, learn to rest not quit.” Unknown

Cultivating Intuition & Trusting Faith

March 1, 2020 • Wendy Craig-Purcell

READINGS: “Intuition is the whisper of the soul.” Krishnamurti “Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” Martine Luther King, Jr. “Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.” Voltaire “Intuition is not a single way of knowing—it’s our ability to hold space for uncertainty and our willingness to test the many ways we’ve developed knowledge and insight, including instinct, experience, faith and reason.” Brene Brown “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” Steve Jobs “Most processes leave out the stuff no one wants to talk about: magic, intuition and leaps of faith.” Michael Bierut “Your intuitive thoughts are love notes from your soul. Listen to them.” Unknown