Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“Full round apple, peach, pear, blackberry.Each speaks life and deathinto the mouth. Lookat the face of the child eating them. The tastes come from afarand slowly grow nameless on the tongue.Where there were words, discoveries flow,released from within the fruit. What we call apple – dare to say what it is,this sweetness which first condensedContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 31st July”

International Day of Friendship “A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.” Saint Basil (330 – 379)

“You are not the oil, you are not the air — merely the point of combustion, the flash-point where the light is born. You are merely the lens in the beam. You can only receive, give, and possess the light as the lens does. If you seek yourself, you rob the lens of its transparency.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 29th July”

“I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense.” From the 1896 journal of Beatrix Potter (1866 – 1943), writer, artist and Unitarian, born on this day

“O God, you have given us a beautiful earth—Grant us the wisdom to use it well.Lead us to an inner life in which we can rejoice.Speak peace to us, that we may live in peace.May your mercy and truth meet togetherRighteousness and peace kiss each other,Surrounding us with your light.Help us know true prosperity,And beContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 27th July”

“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Without, everything seems discordant; only within does it coalesce into unity. Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside awakes.” Letter to Fanny Bowditch, 22 October 1916, by Carl Jung (1875 – 1961), founder of analytical psychology, born on this day

“A rabbi asked his students, “How do you know that night has ended and the day is returning?”One answered, “Is it when you see an animal in the distance and can tell whether it is a sheep or a dog?”“No,” the rabbi replied.Another asked, “Is it when you look at a tree in the distanceContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 25th July”

“In my life I had come to realize that when things were going very well indeed it was just the time to anticipate trouble. And, conversely, I learned from pleasant experience that at the most despairing crisis, when all looked sour beyond words, some delightful “break” was apt to lurk just around the corner.” FromContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 24th July”

“The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers. It is the sameContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 23rd July”

Feast Day of Saint Mary Magdalene “Magdaleneher name means towernot whore, not sinner, not infidel of the seven devilsthey labeled her less-thanbecause they feared what her tower held:not sin but scripturenot shame but sacrednessnot filth but flamea tower of truthbut towers fall, don’t they?when men build stories from stoneand forget the word was born inContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 22nd July”