Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“Ten years ago—feeling lost in my work, the world’s madness, the challenges of aging, and the wilds of my own mind—I spent a week in solitude and silence, hoping to be found. I rented a small cabin with a wood-burning stove out in Wisconsin’s deep-frozen winter woods. For a week I did little more thanContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 22nd February”

“I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.” Paulo Coelho

“May we find the world to be so beautiful, and life so richly and meaningfully shared, that we shall want this to be true, more often, for more people, everywhere.” Unitarian Universalist minister Jacob Trapp (1899 – 1992)

“To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.” Nicolaus Copernicus, born on this day in 1473

“At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.”Toni Morrison, born on this day in 1931

“We are vanishing from the earth, yet I cannot think we are useless or else Usen would not have created us. He created all tribes of men and certainly had a righteous purpose in creating each… There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 17th February”

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