Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“Don’t go off somewhere elseKabir says: Just throw awayAll thoughts of imaginary thingsAnd stand firm in that which you are.”Kabir

“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.” Alexander Graham Bell, born on this day in 1847

BLESSING THE DUST by Jan Richardson, “All those daysyou felt like dust,like dirt,as if all you had to dowas turn your facetoward the windand be scatteredto the four cornersor swept awayby the smallest breathas insubstantial—did you not knowwhat the Holy Onecan do with dust?This is the daywe freely saywe are scorched.This is the hourwe areContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 2nd March”

“Be joyful, and keep your faith… Do the little things that you have seen me do and heard about. I will walk the path that our fathers have trod before us.” Saint David of Wales

“Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone’s face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions.” Henri Nouwen

Listening is Peace by Alfred Lamotte, “Listening is peace.Listen to the most distant sound you can hear.A seal barking from a wild rocky island across the water.Now the rustle of a nest-building robinin the bush by your window.Listen to the bells of the red winged black birdin the rushes by the stream,and the silence betweenContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 27th February”

“When I was young, I wanted to change the world. I tried, but the world did not change. Then I tried to change my town, but the town did not change. Then I tried to change my family, but my family did not change. Then I knew: first, I must change myself.” Rabbi Yisrael Salanter

“O humans, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me,I shall forgive you for what you have done,and I shall not mind.O humans, were your sins to reach the clouds of the skyand were you then to ask forgiveness of Me,I would forgive you.O humans, were you to come to Mewith sinsContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 25th February”

“At dawn, I meditate in my heart on the truth of the radiant inner Self.This true Self is Pure Being, Awareness, and Joy, the transcendent goal of the great sages.The eternal witness of the waking, dream and deep sleep states.I am more than my body, mind and emotions, I am that undivided Spirit.At dawn, IContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 24th February”

“Give me twenty-six soldiers of lead and I will conquer the world.” Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the moveable printing press, who printed the first printed bible on or around this day in 1455