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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Rev Cheryl Meban

Good morning.

I meet a lot of people with complicated lives. Often mental health is part of the challenge. The human mind is so complex, there are no easy solutions to mental health issues; and yet, there is hope: A teacher who noticed them, saw their hurt and/or their potential, gave them choices, believed in them, supported them. A youth leader who took time to listen. The kind stranger who saw a need and took the opportunity to make someone鈥檚 life better in that moment, not knowing it could change that person鈥檚 world. And often, medication and good clinical provision, are all part of the mix.

Humanity is one. When one suffers, we all suffer. But everyone鈥檚 health is improved by kindness, by truthfulness, by purifying the atmosphere of our communities and online. Also by nurturing physical health. Our brains and our bodies are not two separate systems; our soul and mind lives in and through our physical being. Hugs, a healthy diet, limiting mind-altering chemicals - like drugs and alcohol, and stress hormones- and together, working for cleaner air, greener cities, a fairer world - all of this makes our whole ecosystem healthier for all of us, body and mind. Over all and through all, generous Love offers real hope. Even when there are no easy answers.

Good and healthy God, touch those we know who feel lost today. Bring bodies, souls, minds and strengths together to thrive in the presence of the Life and Love you give. Heal us, restore us, so we can heal and restore each other, and the world we, in our brokenness, have been destroying. Amen