Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“Let us be grateful for the love and support of friends; and for chance encounters that have proved helpful; and for strangers who have met our needs in times of crisis, not seeking anything in return. In all these we may glimpse, if we choose, the love of God working in our lives… Let usContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 31st August”

“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” From Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1797 – 1851), born on this day

“Life off Earth is in two important respects not at all unworldly: You can choose to focus on the surprises and pleasures, or the frustrations. And you can choose to appreciate the smallest scraps of experience, the everyday moments, or to value only the grandest, most stirring ones. Ultimately, the real question is whether youContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 29th August”

“I was passionate,filled with longing,I searchedfar and wide.But the daythat the Truthful Onefound me,I was at home.I searched for my Selfuntil I grew weary,but no one,I know now,reaches the hidden knowledgeby means of effort.In meditation,I entered the love furnace,burned away dust and dirt,Then, absorbed in “Thou art This,”I found the place of Wine.There all theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 28th August”

“These late-August weeks are called the “dog days.” And not because it’s so hot that you see sleeping or panting canines everywhere you go, but rather because the ancient Romans saw the Dog Star prominent in the heavens during this month. But our own lives are so distanced from the constellations that the expression connectsContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 27th August”

“The fruit of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love, the fruit of love is service and the fruit of service is peace.” From A Simple Path by Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910 – 1997), born on this day

“I sometimes think the Man’s capacity for laughter is nobler than his divine gift of suffering. Laughing cleanses a man: it restores his sanity, and balances his sense of values. Now in a time of caution and fear, in an atmosphere turgid with non-direction and non-expressivity, let us laugh and let laugh, lighten the airContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 25th August”

“O Thou Creating and Protecting Power, who art our Father, yea, our Mother not the less, we flee unto thee, and would lift up the psalm of our thanksgiving unto thee, and by our prayer seek to hold communion with thy spirit, and be strengthened for the cares and the duties and the delights ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 24th August”

“The more we lose our sense of separateness in the knowledge of the oneness of all living creatures, millions of small leaves on the single tree of lie, the more we shall lose our sense of self-importance.. If we can find a little of our oneness with all other creatures, and love them, then IContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 23rd August”

“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.” Ray Bradbury (1920 – 2012), Unitarian Universalist science fiction writer, born on this day