Reflection of the week bank
Reflection for September 15 2023
May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year.
Shana Tova - a Good Year
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
Reflection for August 18 2023
A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.
Jim Watkins
Reflection for August 11 2023
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci
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
Reflection for July 28 2023
Joy is not made to be a crumb.
Mary Oliver
Reflection for July 21 2023
Breath Prayer for the Morning: I breathe in possibility. I breathe out gratitude.
Christine Valters Paintner
Reflection for July 14 2023
Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows.
Rainer Maria Rilke
Reflection for June 30 2023
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.
Maori Proverb
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
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
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
Reflection for May 19 2023
The deep roots never doubt spring.
Marty Rubin
Reflection for May 12 2023
A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
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
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
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
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
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
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
Reflection for March 24 2023
Speak a good word or remain silent.
Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)
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
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
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
Reflection for February 10 2023
Prayer matters because you matter to God.
Max Lucado
Reflection for February 03 2023
If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.
Shirley Chisholm
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
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
Reflection for January 06 2023
The best candle is understanding.
Welsh Proverb
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