Our Monthly Spiritual Themes guide our Chalice Circles, which are small, intentional groups of members and friends that gather for spiritual enrichment through personal sharing. For more information on Chalice Circles, please email Linda Benson at chalicecircles@uuprinceton.org. Our Chalice Circle thoughts and questions around the theme of Happiness this month are:

“My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.” – Michael J. Fox

When has acceptance brought you happiness and expectations unhappiness?

 

“I don’t trust happiness. I never have, and I never will.” – Mac Sledge, played by Robert Duvall in Tender Mercies

When or have there been times when you have trusted happiness? Or are you always waiting for the other shoe to drop?

 

“When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things – not the great occasions – that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.” – Bob Hope

Do you agree? If so, what are the common things that make you happy?

 

“My greatest beauty secret is being happy with myself. I don’t use special creams or treatments – I’ll use a little bit of everything. It’s a mistake to think you are what you put on yourself. I believe that a lot of how you look is to do with how you feel about yourself and your life. Happiness is the greatest beauty secret.” – Tina Turner

What aspects of yourself make you happy?