Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“The world isn’t getting any easier. With all these new inventions I believe that people are hurried more and pushed more… The hurried way is not the right way; you need time for everything – time to work, time to play, time to rest.” Hedy Lamarr, actress and inventor, born on this day in 1914

“A Unitarian holds the view that no-one has yet found the final and complete truth. We can, however, try to grasp a good measure of it and hold it till we become capable of something more. The search for truth has its own reward – it brings new meaning and dignity into life.” Gábor KereckiContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 8th November”

“The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace.” Marie Curie, born on this day in 1867

“O Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds,and whose breath gives life to all the world – hear me.I am small and weak. I need your strength and wisdom.Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset.Let me learn the lesson hidden in every leaf andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 6th November”

“When the mind is festering with trouble or the heart torn, we can find healing among the silence of mountains or fields, or listen to the simple, steadying rhythm of waves. The slowness and stillness gradually takes us over. Our breathing deepens and our hearts calm and our hungers relent. When serenity is restored, newContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 5th November”

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the pointContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 4th November”

“In a true awakening, it is realized very clearly that even the awakening itself is not personal. It is universal Spirit or universal consciousness that wakes up to itself. Rather than the “me” waking up, what we are wakes up from the “me”. In awakening, what’s revealed to us is that we are not aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 3rd November”

Enduring Blessing by Jan Richardson “What I really want to tell youis to just lay this blessingon your forehead,on your heart;let it restin the palm of your hand,because there is hardly anythingthis blessing could say,any word it could offerto fill the hollow.Let this blessingwork its wayinto youwith its linesthat hold nearlyunspeakable lament.Let this blessingsettle intoContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 2nd November – All Souls Day”

“Perpetual Presence, always near to us, may the fire of our gratitude be kindled and our souls flame up towards You.We thank You for the world of matter under our feet, over our head, and about us on every side.We thank You for the bread we eat, for the garments we put on, for the houses which holdContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 1st November – All Saints Day”

“Love is death’s most precious gift to us. Love, not money, possessions, career, social esteem and the many other alluring outer trappings of life, is the balm that soothes us in the face of death. Love is what connects us to those who have passed on. Love calls us to reach out and hold eachContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 31st October”