[Worship] I have an idea for alleviating social isolation......ONLINE

Tue Mar 17 10:33:59 CDT 2020

Peggy,  I think it is a good idea.  We could also use the women at fuusm.org

I attempted the ZOOM trial last night and I could not get the audio.
I  figured out the problem and can now use it now.
For anyone else trying yesterday evening. It is a good tool.
For others who want to try it.  From my experience the problem  was I could
not get audio with my phone.
However  it works with my computer.with my head phones and microphone
I hope there is another trial rum.

Jane

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On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 9:38 PM Peg Clifford via Worship <worship at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> *I  have an idea for alleviating social isolation......ONLINE*
>
> *I have attached the following in a file for ease of printing and or
> editing.*
>
> *OK OK..so many of our members are in the "High risk group."*
>
> *I am staying home (we're on spring break) avoiding crowds blah blah
> blah... MY PERSONAL PROBLEM...all I am doing is eating too much and smoking
> too much....*
>
> *My son WIll and his girlfriend and Mila (almost 4 months old) are on my
> second floor, and Bahrom from Tajikistan is in the back bedroom.  So I am
> hardly "ALONE," but we are keeping our distance. *
>
> *I have plenty of projects to finish....and books to read...and WVUP has
> advised faculty to be prepared to go online when we return from spring
> break...although they have not made an official announcement yet.*
>
>
> *Fuggedabout it.*
>
> *SO, social isolation can be a problem.*
>
> *John Krasinski gave the commencement speech at Brown in 2019. it is 14
> minutes long.....it's amusing/funny and at time hilarious.  Don't worry if
> you don't know who Krasinski is.... I'm not asking you to watch it, but I
> have a short excerpt to bring to your attention.     I have highlighted in
> yellow the relevant sections. I believe we can apply them to the UU
> community.   READ   I will put my idea at the end. *
>
> *This is an excerpt from John Krasinki’s commencement speech at Brown
> University 2019*
>
> *If you want to watch or listen to the whole speech…which is quite funny,
> here is the link (14 minutes).*
>
> *https://speakola.com/grad/john-krasinski-brown-university-lean-in-2019*
> <https://speakola.com/grad/john-krasinski-brown-university-lean-in-2019>
>
>  *“No, I didn't get to throw everything in acting, but I did throw
> everything I had into this unparalleled pool of brilliant people. People
> often ask me how I got into acting. The truth is I didn't get into acting.
> I got into everything. Believe it or not. When I got to Brown, I really
> hadn't listened to any music that wasn't on the radio, seen any movie that
> wasn't in the multiplex. One day I asked a small group of friends to each
> give me, one of their favorite movies, favorite albums, and they did, every
> single week for four years. Yeah. Cry. Okay, I'm back. It was the
> experience of my life. One of the most mind blowing, mind expanding
> experiences and no drugs were necessary.*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> * It was without a doubt the beginning of everything. For the next four
> years I wanted to be a part of it all. I formed a new way of thinking, a
> new way of executing those thoughts. I leaped out of my comfort zone, then
> stayed there and then left again. I experienced firsthand the powerful
> shift in doing something out of love rather than out of necessity. I
> learned what it meant to believe. I took chances, I failed, and I took more
> chances. So yes, in the classroom I received one of the greatest educations
> one can possibly get, true, but the piece of paper I got at graduation also
> represents that education. The piece of paper I got not only says where I
> was educated, but who I was educated with and it declares that I am a
> member of that community of people to be relied upon, to take risks,
> provoke thought, and to be committed participants in this world. The piece
> of paper I got represented every facet of my experience and the piece of
> paper I got is the exact same piece of paper you're going to get tomorrow.
> The piece of paper I got, I live my life every single day by, because when
> looking at this sense of nervous that you're feeling now, ask yourself,
> what's it based in? Is it based in the unknown? Because my question to you
> is up until now, how else have you approached each new tomorrow? And if
> your nerves are based in fear of failure, well, my question is up until
> now, how have you defined success because in this community, without the
> presence of financial gain, isn't success simply defined as you're just
> being onto something, taking an idea farther that it never been before? Why
> does it ever need to change? It doesn't. Or if your nerves are based on
> something bigger, a fear of something bigger. The world at large. Well, to
> that I do say yes, it's true there are right. The future does indeed belong
> to you, but the abstract weight of responsibility to change it overnight
> very much does not. Real change is organic. You're the only responsibility
> you all have is to hold fast to everything that you have lived right here.
> To not conform. To realize that when you're out there, you've done all this
> before, right in here. Remember fondly the discomfort you felt when you
> were asked to push yourself farther than you were ever. Sure. You could go.
> In the wash of elation when you finally got there. Remember to be scared.
> You've been there, scared before. You'll be scared again. Find more of your
> people. Lean all the way in. Take chances, fail big and take chances again,
> listen to music. Remember to believe in something and fall in love as many
> times as it takes. And remember before you do something special, just do
> something. The truth can almost seem too simple, but the simple truth is
> the program you ran here is the same program. Just run it again and again
> and again. That's what I know. Thank you to this class, to this institution
> is my honor. Thank you."*
>
>
>
> *PEGGY HERE*
>
> *I believe that some of us can apply some of these ideas to our UU
> community...I love it because so many people are so much smarter than I am,
> or smarter in different ways...and they are just so cool and spiritually
> advanced**…..they bring me up where I belong  OH DO YOU KNOW THAT **SONG??
> See my first post **attached separately *
>
>  *..and many of them accept me..AND THEY HAVE COFFEE AND SNACKS.*
>
>
>
> *What's better than that? *
>
>
>
> *MY BIG IDEA *
>
>
>
> *We start a Facebook group online…. We can make it
> public/private…whatever. *
>
> * NO MODERATOR.... you don't have to officially associate with UU....we
> could call it MISS LONELYHEARTS and MR. LONELYHEARTS AND NON GENDERED
> LONELYHEARTS.  DETAILS TO BE WORKED OUT….*
>
> *Whatever...something  silly...*
>
>
>
> *If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.*
>
>                             *Ludwig Wittgenstein*
> <https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/ludwig-wittgenstein-quotes>
>
>
>
> *We ask people to post each week……A book that changed their life, or a
> song that may or may not be well known…but that everybody should hear, or
> a  movie that really made them think. *
>
> * You can post…and read the suggestions of others…. you can ignore stuff
> or check stuff out…. hop on or off whenever you want….*
>
> * No requirements…. JUST have fun trading ideas with your friends.*
>
>
>
> *                           “And that’s all I have to say about that.”*
>
> Source: https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/05/30/jo...
> <https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/05/30/john-krasinski-brown-university-baccalaureate-address>
>
> *Enjoyed this speech?* Speakola is a labour of love and I’d be very
> grateful if you would share, tweet or like it. Thank you.
>
> See second attachment for an example.
>
>
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