Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“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

“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