A humanist religious organization dedicated to improving the ethical
quality of relationships in personal lives and in the world.
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APPRECIATION
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"If one could only learn to appreciate the little things . . .
A song that takes you away, for there are those who cannot hear.
The beauty of a sunset, for there are those who cannot see.
The warmth and safety of your home, for there are those who are homeless.
Time spent with good friends for there are those who are lonely.
A walk along the beach for there are those who cannot walk.
The little things are what life is all about.
Search your soul and learn to appreciate."
Shadi Souferian
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 FORGIVENESS & PEACE
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"It is useless to try to adjudicate a long-standing animosity by asking who started it or who is the most wrong. The only sufficient answer is to give up the animosity and try forgiveness.
We can no longer afford to confuse peaceability with passivity. Authentic peace is no more passive than war. Like war, it calls for discipline and intelligence and strength of character, though it calls also for higher principles and aims. If we are serious about peace, then we must work for it as ardently, seriously, continuously, carefully, and bravely as we now prepare for war."
Wendell Berry
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 EIGHT ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
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1. Ethics is central.
2. Ethics begins with choice.
3. We choose to treat each other as ends, not
merely as means.
4. We seek to act with integrity.
5. We are committed to educate ourselves.
6. Self-reflection and our social nature
require us to shape a more humane world.
7. Democratic process is essential.
8. Life itself requires "religious
response.
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