'Every Third Thursday' by Joanna Fountaine Crawford

'Every Third Thursday' by Joanna Fountaine Crawford

Every third Tuesday, I am a Buddhist

I empty my mind and lighten my heart

And try to let go of attachments

Every other Friday, I am a Christian.

I look for the least of these

And try to love God and my neighbor

The full moon of the month finds me Wiccan;

I honor the dual nature of God

And find my rhythm as maiden, mother or crone

On the 15th of the month, I am humanist

I respect science, integrity of fellow humans

And all that we have learned and have made

Every fourth Wednesday, I am Hindu

I take a breath, and understand that what is unfinished now

Will remain for me to continue...next life

On alternate Fridays, I am Jewish

'Y'varekh'kha ADONAI v'yishmerekha,

I tell my children, softly touching each head

And the Thursdays and the Mondays, and the Saturdays and Sundays,

And all the other days in between

Find me reading, or listening, or watching

Philosophers, Muslims, Mormons, Baha’i and more

Fill my heart, touch my soul

And yet...

The one thing that none of these provide

To me

Is the certitude that they are The One

They lend me wisdom, sing to my heart

Cause me to question, help me find answers

Make me more me

And at the end of the day, every day,

I am Unitarian Universalist.

In parcel and in pledge

And with all my heart, all my soul,

All my mind and all my strength

I honor this faith

I hold it close

As it lets me run free.