What we’re about
There are plenty of groups designed just to have fun. This group combines fun and purpose. If you'd like to meet thinking people, spiritually attuned folks who believe that humanity is one, that, in essence, the religions agree, if words like the following excite you--"Unite all. Let the religions agree and make the nations one, so that they may see each other as one family and the whole earth as one home," then we have a group for you! CommUNITY is intended to help us bring out those "gems of inestimable value" that are hidden within each of us so that we may become the "noble souls" God intends us to be and to build bonds of unity. CommUNITY is sponsored by the Baha'is of DeLand and welcomes kindred spirits from Volusia County and beyond--no limits! P.S. The quoted passages above are from the Baha'i Writings. Anyone interested in more information is invited to visit the national website @ http://www.bahai.us/ and the international site @http://www.bahai.org/
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See all- Women's Spiritual Journey discusses MothersGail's house, DeLand, FL
Call Gail 386 717 8198 for DeLand address.
*We love our men friends, but this meeting is just for women--Sorry!
Women's Spiritual Journey* randomly picks a different character trait to discuss each month. Discussions are freewheeling, guided by the interests of the group. Generally, we think about how the quality operates in our lives (or doesn't), what it looks like, what it produces, and how we can strengthen it. Diverse backgrounds and viewpoints are celebrated: we are enriched by it! This month we're discussing...Mothers
“Be a full person. Motherhood is a glorious gift, but do not define yourself solely by motherhood. Be a full person. Your child will benefit from that.”
―Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen SuggestionsWe may not all be one, but we certainly all have had one. Mother brings up a lot of sentimental, idealized thoughts often expressed in songs, poems, and cards. But like every sort of human role, real mothers run the gamut from candidates for sainthood to absentee or downright abusive. Chances are our experiences being and or having mothers fall somewhere in between. Mothers is our topic this Mother’s Day, and the discussion can go anywhere the group wants and needs it to. As always, the goal is to elevate our lives and whatever roles we find ourselves in. But we also want to be real. A mirage may look refreshing, but it won’t quench our thirst. Let’s think about where we are (or were) and where we want to go, whether that means through concrete action or thought processes.
A Request: Since we don’t have a write-up on this topic (other than my meanderings above), it would be helpful if each of us brought a piece of writing on the topic that we’d like to discuss. It could be a quote, a passage from a novel, a poem, a song, maybe even an advertisement. If in doubt, bring it! You could also brainstorm some discussion questions. Here are a few that came to my mind:- How did your view of your mother change over the various stages of your life?
- If you became a mother, how did your mother’s role modeling influence your own mothering?
- What has your experience with stay-at-home mothers been? How about with working mothers? What do you think is the ideal situation for children? For mothers?
- How do you think society’s picture of the ideal mother has changed over the years? Is that the same or different from society’s picture of the ideal woman?
- To what extent did societal expectations impact your mother or you?What do you think was the most challenging part of the role for your mother? How about for you as a mother, if that applies?
- In what ways are you like your mother? And different from?
- If you could have changed something about your mother, what would it have been? About yourself as a mother?
- How could society better support mothers?
