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Reflection for September 15 2023

May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year.

Shana Tova - a Good Year

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Reflection for August 25 2023

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

Audre Lorde

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Reflection for August 18 2023

A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.

Jim Watkins

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Reflection for August 11 2023

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Leonardo da Vinci

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Reflection for August 04 2023

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.

Maya Angelou

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Reflection for July 28 2023

Joy is not made to be a crumb.

Mary Oliver

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Reflection for July 21 2023

Breath Prayer for the Morning: I breathe in possibility. I breathe out gratitude.

Christine Valters Paintner

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Reflection for July 14 2023

Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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Reflection for June 30 2023

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.

Maori Proverb

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Reflection for June 16 2023

Powwow is about celebrating the power of the earth. To dance is to bless it with each step. To sing is to honour it with each vocable, each sound I make.

Richard Wagamese

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Reflection for June 09 2023

Something that most do not understand about my people: when we stand up in acts of resistance to things that threaten our spiritual, physical, emotional and intellectual well-being, it’s not because we hate what’s in front of us — it’s because we love what’s behind us.

Richard Wagamese

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Reflection for May 26 2023

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Reflection for May 19 2023

The deep roots never doubt spring.

Marty Rubin

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Reflection for May 12 2023

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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Reflection for May 05 2023

You can't go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the ending.

C. S. Lewis

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Reflection for April 28 2023

Congratulations to the 2023 Covenant Mission Awards recipients who were announced last week through an on-line celebration. Mission Awards recognize physicians, staff and volunteers who are outstanding examples of people who live our mission in all they do. There are six awards, each representing one of our values: Compassion, Respect, Collaboration, Social Justice, Integrity and Stewardship. You can read all about our inspiring nominees and meet the six recipients on our Covenant Mission Awards website (covenantmissionawards.com). Our 68 nominees give us vivid pictures of what it looks like to live our values every day. Please share this reflection with your teams, patients, residents, family, and friends.

Azim Premji

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Reflection for April 21 2023

It’s a day of rejoicing and bliss, it’s a day of blessing and peace. It is a day to reflect and ponder. Most of all, it’s a day to celebrate together!

Eid Mubarak

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Reflection for April 14 2023

There is no better exercise for your heart that reaching down and helping to lift someone up. -Bernard Meltzer

Bernard Meltzer

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Reflection for April 07 2023

Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hope.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Reflection for March 31 2023

Wisdom for smart living. The six most important words: "I admit I made a mistake." The five most important words: "You did a good job." The four most important words: "What is your opinion?" The three most important words: "If you please." The two most important words: "Thank you." The one most important word: "We." The least important word: "I."

Author Unknown

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Reflection for March 24 2023

Speak a good word or remain silent.

Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)

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Reflection for March 17 2023

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Barack Obama

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Reflection for February 24 2023

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.

Jane Howard

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Reflection for February 17 2023

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.

Psalm 51:10

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Reflection for February 10 2023

Prayer matters because you matter to God.

Max Lucado

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Reflection for February 03 2023

If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.

Shirley Chisholm

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Reflection for January 27 2023

Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.

Wayne Dyer

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Reflection for January 13 2023

We are determined here... to work and fight until justice runs 'down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream.'

Martin Luther King - Montgomery, Alabama, Dec. 5, 1995

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Reflection for January 06 2023

The best candle is understanding.

Welsh Proverb

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Reflection for January 01 2023

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.

Edith Lovejoy Pierce