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  When the world feels fractured—by pandemic, by war, by loss—it’s easy to believe we are each meant to weather the storm alone. But in truth, it is together, and only together, that we have ever found our way through the night. Unity is not uniformity. It does not require agreement on every doctrine or solution. It asks only that we recognize each other as part of the same human story, worthy of dignity and care. In the deepest sense, unity is spiritual—not something manufactured, but something remembered. A return to our shared breath, our shared longing, our shared capacity to begin again. Hope, too, is often misunderstood. It is not wishful thinking or blind optimism. Hope is forged, not found. It’s the quiet insistence that a better world is possible, even when evidence is scarce. It’s found in the hands that rebuild after disaster, the neighbors who keep showing up, the mothers who sing lullabies in shelters, teaching the next generation to believe in morning. Across interfai...

  When the world feels fractured—by pandemic, by war, by loss—it’s easy to believe we are each meant to weather the storm alone. But in truth, it is together, and only together, that we have ever found our way through the night. Unity is not uniformity. It does not require agreement on every doctrine or solution. It asks only that we recognize each other as part of the same human story, worthy of dignity and care. In the deepest sense, unity is spiritual—not something manufactured, but something remembered. A return to our shared breath, our shared longing, our shared capacity to begin again. Hope, too, is often misunderstood. It is not wishful thinking or blind optimism. Hope is forged, not found. It’s the quiet insistence that a better world is possible, even when evidence is scarce. It’s found in the hands that rebuild after disaster, the neighbors who keep showing up, the mothers who sing lullabies in shelters, teaching the next generation to believe in morning. Across inte...

  Today's meditation from  Weekly Soul: Fifty-two Meditations on Meaningful, Joyful, and Peaceful Living   by Dr. Frederic Craigie. -7-   People say that what we’re all seeking is meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive so that our life experiences on a purely physical plane will have resonances within our innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.   Joseph Campbell   You are alive as you live your own life. There are so many forces that draw us to live other people’s lives. We live in a culture that relentlessly champions the external trappings of success. Newer cars are better than older. Bigger houses are better than smaller. Higher salaries are better than lower. Being one of the vice presidents of your company is better than being among the line staff. Being young and sleek is better than being older and heavy. There is nothi...