This week, Rev. Wendy begins a new series, Seven Spiritual Sticking Points, with a talk titled, The Need to Know. Rev. Wendy looks at the behaviors and attitudes that keep us from doing the deeper work we need to do.
“Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.” Gilda Radner
“Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.” Eckhart Tolle
“Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming. When nothing is certain, anything is possible.” Mandy Hale
“Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.” Bob Goff
“The willingness to consider possibility requires a tolerance of uncertainty.” Rachel Naomi Remen
“It is how we embrace the uncertainty in our lives that leads to the great transformations of our souls.” Brandon A. Pear
The Need to Know
Series: Seven Spiritual Sticking Points
October 7, 2018 • 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
The Need to Keep Score
November 11, 2018 • Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell
READINGS: The minute you start keeping score, you’re destroying the relationship. Tony Robbins Keeping score is for games, not relationships. John Maxwell Relationships are about give and take; not tit-for-tat. If you’re keeping score, you’ll lose at your own game. Faydra D. Fields. You cannot go around and keep score. If you keep score on the good things and the bad things, you’ll find out that you’re a very miserable person. God gave man the ability to forget, which is one of the greatest attributes you have. Because if you remember everything that’s happened to you, you generally remember that which is the mot unfortunate. Hubert Humphrey Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter your task may be. Og Mandino If you are willing to do more than you are paid to do, eventually you will be paid to do more than you do. Forgiveness is not about keeping score. Forgiveness is about losing count. Unknown
The Need to Judge
November 4, 2018 • Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell
READINGS: “Be curious, not judgmental.” Walt Whitman “Just remember that sometimes the way you think about a person isn’t the way they actually are.” John Green “The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others.” Tariq Ramadan “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” Mother Teresa “Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.” Carl C. Jung “Once you awaken, you all have no interest in judging those who sleep.” James Blanchard “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” Albert Einstein “Do not judge my story by the chapter you walked in on.” Unknown