Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“I prayed for change, so I changed my mind.I prayed for guidance and learned to trust myself.I prayed for happiness and realized I am not my ego.I prayed for peace and learned to accept others unconditionally.I prayed for abundance and realized my doubt kept it out.I prayed for wealth and realized it is my health.IContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 2nd May”

Beltane “Beltain is a celebration of the potency of the Earth and the forces of Nature. This is the beginning of the most active part of the year and the beginning of Summer. All of life is bursting with fertility, sap is rising, birdsong fills the air and growth is everywhere.. Ask yourself what youContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 1st May”

“In an extreme view, the world can be seen as only connections, nothing else. We think of a dictionary as the repository of meaning, but it defines words only in terms of other words. I liked the idea that a piece of information is really defined only by what it’s related to, and how it’sContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 30th April”

“What is music to you? What would you be without music? Music is everything. Nature is music (cicadas in the tropical night). The sea is music, the wind is music. The rain drumming on the roof and the storm raging in the sky are music. Music is the oldest entity. The scope of music isContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 29th April”

“There have been times, lately, when I dearly wished that I could change the past. Well, I can’t, but I can change the present, so that when it becomes the past it will turn out to be a past worth having.” From I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett (1948 – 2015), born on thisContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 28th April”

“Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you. Enter eagerly into the treasure house that is within you, and you will see the things that are in heaven, for there is but one single entry to them both.” St. Isaac the Syrian

“There is many a monster who wears the form of a man; it is better of the two to have the heart of a man and the form of a monster. ” Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711 – 1780), born on this day Image by Jennie Harbour

“The names of some butterflies suggest an almost military pecking order: the Monarch, the Red Admiral, the Silver Skipper. But these beautiful creatures recognize no such hierarchy. They all began as eggs, one no better than the next. Then they hatched into caterpillars, among the lowliest of creatures, inching along patiently in search of food.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 25th April”

International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace “Oh Great Spirit,this is a Call for Peace across the land,so it is directed to the only Earth Dwellerswho are capable of making warand have done so since their beginning.I thank you, oh Creatorfor allowing the powerful discoveriesthat allow two-leggeds to reachinto all nooks and crannies,glades, caverns,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 24th April”

“And this our life, exempt from public haunt,Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,Sermons in stones, and good in everything.” From As You Like It by William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616), born on this day Image: Morning Amongst the Coniston Fells by J. M. W. Turner (1775 – 1851), born on this day