Author Archives: Laura Dobson

Feast Day of Saint Benedict “Let all guests who arrive be received as Christ, because He will say: “I was a stranger and you took Me in” (Mt 25:35)… And above all let care be scrupulously shewn in receiving the poor and strangers; for in them specially is Christ received.” From The Rule of St.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 11th July”

“The creation and the Creator are not two. Just as all golden jewelry is nothing but gold, just as all earthen pots are essentially nothing but clay, just as every wave is basically water, so too it is the Creator that has become this world.” Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, known as Amma

“I stand on the edge of myself and wonder where is home?Oh, where is the place where beauty will last?When will I be safe? And where? My tourist heart is wearing me out.I am so tired of seeking for treasures that tarnish.How much longer, Lord?Oh, which way is home?My luggage is heavy. It is weighingContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 9th July”

“When we look deeply into others, we’re looking deeply into ourselves at the same time. If we think the other person is someone other than us, that their success or failure has nothing to do with us, then we have not been successful in our looking deeply. The happiness of that person is linked toContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 8th July”

“There was an Old Woman lived under the hillAnd if she’s not gone, she lives there still – traditional British rhyme Feminine and masculine are the left and right hands of God. We have only recently begun to remember the divine feminine and to respect her again, but she has never been far from us.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 7th July”

“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinkingContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 6th July”

International Day of Co-operatives “Show me the suffering of the most miserable;So I will know my people’s plight.Free me to pray for others;For you are present in every person.Help me take responsibility for my own life;So that I can be free at last.Grant me courage to serve others;For in service there is true life.Give meContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 5th July”

“Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.” Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 1864), writer, born on this day

“Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” Franz Kafka (1883 – 1924), writer, born on this day

“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.” Hermann Hesse (1877 – 1962), novelist, born on this day