This Is Our Story

This is Our Story

Humanity United in Action,
Driven By Love and Compassion,
Informed by Science and Reason.

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  • Cycle-of-Life Season
    • 1 Dormancy
      • Week 01: Human Worth
      • Week 02: Universality
      • Week 03: Justice
      • Week 04: Suffering
      • Week 05: Humility
      • Week 06: Avoiding Harm, or Evil
      • Week 07: Engaging the World
      • Week 08: Order
    • 2 Sowing
      • Week 09: Preferences (Desire)
      • Week 10: Autonomy
      • Week 11: Life as a Journey
      • Week 12: Renewal
      • Week 13: Hope and Optimism
      • Week 14: Self-esteem (Self-worth begins)
      • Week 15: Self-confidence
      • Week 16: Independence (Self-competence)
    • 3 Growth
      • Week 17: Our Future
      • Week 18: Honesty
      • Week 19: Obligation in the World
      • Week 20: Duty toward Others
      • Week 21: Awakening
      • Week 22: Obstacles and Opportunities
      • Week 23: Individuality and Community
    • 4 Ripening
      • Week 24: Honoring
      • Week 25: Excellence
      • Week 26: An Ethic of Generous Service
      • Week 27: Openness
      • Week 28: Transcendence
      • Week 29: Wisdom
      • Week 30: Caring
      • Week 31: Courage
      • Week 32: Citizenship
    • 5 Interlude
      • Week 33: Grounding and Well-Roundedness
      • Week 34: Assertiveness
      • Week 35: Restoration
    • 6 Fulfillment
      • Week 36: Creativity
      • Week 37: Truth
      • Week 38: Love
      • Week 39: Faith
      • Week 40: Rebirth
    • 7 Assessing
      • Week 41: Home and the Past
      • Week 42: Vitality
      • Week 43: Self-actualization and Integrity
      • Week 44: Connectedness
      • Week 45: Empowerment
      • Week 46: Equality
    • 8 Harvest and Celebration
      • Week 47: Flourishing
      • Week 48: Focus and Perspective
      • Week 49: Change
      • Week 50: Finding Our Niche
      • Week 51: Accepting / Surrendering
      • Week 52: Living Religiously
      • Week 53: Celebration and Remembrance
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Triumph

Triumph

Here, triumph refers to a way of looking at things. It is a way of continuing your celebration, and you can do it alone. The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization ... Read More about Triumph

Living with Good Orderly Direction

Living with Good Orderly Direction

When we know what we want, and what it means to us, we are best served knowing how to get/achieve it. . . . effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. [John F. Kennedy] ... Read More about Living with Good Orderly Direction

Forgiving

Forgiving

Forgiving is letting go of what binds us to the past in unhealthy ways. The Amish made it look simple. Ten of their precious little girls had been shot . . . . (They) enfolded their grief within ... Read More about Forgiving

Knowing Self

Knowing Self

To find our niche, we must know ourselves. Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. [widely attributed to Aristotle] There are three Things extremely hard: Steel, a Diamond, and to know ... Read More about Knowing Self

Being Aware of Things as They Are

Being Aware of Things as They Are

Some realities are unpleasant. All the more important that we acknowledge and face them. The modern, and to my mind true, theory is that mathematics is the abstract form of the natural sciences; ... Read More about Being Aware of Things as They Are

Being in the Here and Now

Being in the Here and Now

Now is the only time, and here is the only place, you can ever do anything. All productive actions, including times of productive rest and restoration, are carried out in the here and now. Every ... Read More about Being in the Here and Now

Finding and Having Meaning in Life

Finding and Having Meaning in Life

Perhaps the main factor that creates meaning is a sense of connection - an essential part of spirituality. Meaning is essential to flourishing, perhaps to living. A person who feels that life is ... Read More about Finding and Having Meaning in Life

Equal Rights and Protection of Law

Equal Rights and Protection of Law

Because laws are necessary, so too are moral principles for the laws. . . . in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. ... Read More about Equal Rights and Protection of Law

Organization

Organization

If unity is the spirit of empowerment, organization is its mechanics. Social organization empowers in-groups, or all of society. When people not only work together but also plan, strategize and ... Read More about Organization

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