We are in a time of year when there is so much going on, it feels like time is speeding by. Even as I write these very words, I am thinking about other things I need to be doing, other words I need to be writing, things I didn’t do soon enough, things that I need to put on the top of the pile.

It’s exhausting. And it’s a horrible way to experience the world, primarily through a concern about what I’m NOT doing. It’s so easy to lose perspective on our human-sized lives, when a busy season of the year, or a demanding work schedule, or a daunting state of world affairs makes it seem like we have to individually take on the world.

Wise words shared by Rev. Randy have stuck in my ears when I am feeling this way: “if you feel like you are going too slow, slow down.”

So in that spirit I think about all of the things that are going on at UUCC this month, I’m going to try and think less about all that I had hoped to do or wished I could do here. And instead, I’m taking a real sense of pause, and letting that pause fill up with joy, realizing all that we are doing and will do.

What a blessing it is to be with you all.

Sometimes it is hard to tap into our spiritual selves or find time to nurture our creativity and intellectual curiosity. Here is a section that reflects on some nourishing materials from around the web and related media channels in order to get us thinking, get us feeling, and get us reflecting on the lives we are living in this big world. **Some Adult/Mature Themes May Appear in Links and Other Attached Material**

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Allan T. Georgia, MDiv, MTS, PhD