Always Grateful (plus Unity Albany History)
We celebrate our 35th anniversary of incorporation with a message on gratitude from Rev. Crystal, and an overview of the Unity Church in Albany story from Dennis Ryan.
We celebrate our 35th anniversary of incorporation with a message on gratitude from Rev. Crystal, and an overview of the Unity Church in Albany story from Dennis Ryan.
It is an essential component of our spiritual growth to engage gratitude during difficult and challenging passages in our lives.
Living in gratitude brings “great fullness” into your life.
The Comforter, the Spirit of God, is closer to you than your breath.
A reflection on the motherliness of God as the bringer of comfort and compassion.
As emphasized in Buddhist teaching, every aspect of life is impermanent. Change, therefore, is inevitable. How we flow with it is key.
It is our human nature to seek comfort, but growth, change and real joy may require step out of our comfort zone.
We tend to be afraid of change, but engaging in that fear will hold us back from experiencing the joy and abundance God desires for us.
The act of surrendering and letting go is the only way to be in the present moment.
The path of releasing and surrendering to God is simple yet difficult, as we tend to cling to the trauma of the world, though it is ultimately illusory in nature.