Author Archives: Laura Dobson

Anniversary of the discovery of the cave paintings in Lascaux in 1940 “Storytelling is the oldest form of entertainment there is. From campfires and pictograms – the Lascaux cave paintings may be as much as twenty thousand years old – to tribal songs and epic ballads passed down from generation to generation, it is oneContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 12th September”

Adaptation of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 – A season for all things by Rev. M Jade Kaiser, “For everything, there is a season.Very little is as simple as “good” or “bad.”It is more often a questionof who and of when,a why or a how.There are times for the birth of something new.There are times to welcome death.ThereContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 11th September”

“I do not wish women to have power over men, but over themselves… The more equality there is established among men, the more virtue and happiness will reign in society.. Virtue can only flourish among equals… It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.” Mary Wollstonecraft

“Have you ever paused to wonderHow many breaths we inhaleIn in this lifetimeIn this bodyIn this miracleToday… ?Have you ever stopped to considerThe simplicity of lifeThe Divine energy that keeps usBreathing inBreathing outAnd have you ever sat to appreciateYour lungs filling with airWhile sleepingWhile eatingWhile smilingWhile weeping…?And after contemplating this…22,000 breaths a day…That’s 22,000 miraclesJustContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 9th September”

“Dear life,Grant me the courageTo change what I am capable of changingAnd the graceTo accept what is beyond my controlAnd choose my battles wisely.Please help me fix what has fallen apart and is broken in my lifeThat would benefit from being mendedAnd accept what would notAnd move on accordingly.Grant me the strengthTo fully seize eachContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 8th September”

“The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a river is one of the veins of the land, not potential irrigation water; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources;Continue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 7th September”

“I found myself without desiresand without knowledge.There was nothing left but love,the state of witness was left behind;there was only love, all pervading,all embracing, absolute.There were no crucial experiences,no soul-shattering visions.I just ceased imagining myself tobe what I never was and there wasnothing to replace the unreal with.There was no need to look forreplacements –Continue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 6th September”

“We all have different selves: There is a public self, a private self, and a core self. We all know the public self – it’s how we put our best foot forward, smiling and behaving. But the private self is a more fundamental self, and that is where we find our frailties, our fears. It’sContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 5th September”

“To have the ability to withdraw into oneself and forget everything around one when one is creating: that, I think, is the only requirement for being able to bring forth something beautiful. The whole thing is a mystery.” Edvard Grieg, composer and Unitarian, who died on this day in 1907

Womb by Rachel Barenblat, “At the bend of the riverthere’s a pond we don’t callthe womb of the world, though we could —this patch of deep water reflectingtall purple loosestrife.The pond is a womb, the worldis a womb. Emerge gloriousand dripping, emerge like Liferadiant and new. Then listento cricket-song’s rise and fall —the One WhoContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 3rd September”