Becoming a Possibilitarian
Seeing lots of possibilities when I stopped on a ledge while rock climbing with Greg
My brother and I were raised as Unitarian Universalists, which taught us to approach religion differently from, for example, my Christian friends. During our Unitarian Sunday School classes, we had a session called Build Your Own Theology.
Creating a faith statement
Build Your Own Theology was a course taken by high school-aged Unitarians. The curriculum allowed young people of any belief system, or none, to create a theological position statement or faith statement that expressed their current beliefs about the nature of humanity, the Divine/Ultimate, faith, religion, death, and more. This was a lot to ask of me at age 15.
Being an EpiscoTarian is (Probably) My Theological Position
However, I eventually took the lessons to heart and declared myself a "CathlaTarian" - a combination of Catholic and Unitarian beliefs. It was a well-intentioned but long faith journey, in which I didn't read the fine print from the Pope, which is destined for another blog post. My mother thinks that, since I now agree with the Episcopal Church's teachings and Unitarian ones, I am more of an "EpiscoTarian" - a blend of Episcopal and Unitarian beliefs. I can agree with this.
Recently, I came across the website of an artist and author I like, Kelly Rae Roberts. She loves the idea of possibilities and calls herself a possibilitarian.
“Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities — always see them, for they’re always there.”
