Author Archives: Laura Dobson

World Meterological Day “A small but persistent discipline is a great force; for a soft drop falling persistently, hollows out hard rock.” St. Isaac of Syria

World Water Day “When I lived under the black oaksI felt I was made of leaves.When I lived by Little Sister Pond,I dreamed I was the feather of the blue heronleft on the shore;I was the pond lily, my root delicate as an artery,my face like a star,my happiness brimming.Later I was the footsteps thatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 22nd March”

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and UNESCO World Poetry Day “My blood swims in everywater way, every tributarybetween here and the DeltaLayers of my lineage are pounded intohot red clay, tint the ring of trees,are hewn across the scarred fields of southern farms.From the striving metal of plows and guns,shifting whorls ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 21st March”

Vernal Equinox and International Day of Happiness “If you restore balance in your own self, you will be contributing immensely to the healing of the world.” Deepak Chopra

“i’ve heard her calling melate at nightbetween the windand the wings my soul is a songshe sings alongthe green unfurlingof leaves and loam her branches speakmy truths alonetell the wildI’m coming home” Angi Sullins

“What struck me most was the silence. It was a great silence, unlike any I have encountered on Earth, so vast and deep that I began to hear my own body: my heart beating, my blood vessels pulsing, even the rustle of my muscles moving over each other seemed audible. There were more stars inContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 18th March”

St. Patrick’s Day “Images of leprechauns, magical creatures who live in the earth and play ttricks on humans, are a staple of Saint Patrick’s Day. Yet like many legends, the leprechauns may have their basis in fact. In the so-called Dark Ages, it is believed that Lapps sailed across the sea from Lapland to makeContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 17th March”

“You are my Source, my Way, my Home.In You I rest secure.In You I gather strength.In You I begin to see. When fear arisesfrom within or from withoutI rememberwho You areand how I amin You. Oh that I may dwell in Youday by day, moment by moment.Then peace would be mine.Then I could perseverewhen theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 16th March”

“To make life a little better for people less fortunate than you, that’s what I think a meaningful life is. One lives not just for oneself but for one’s community.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court (1933 – 2020), born on this day

“The moral decline we are compelled to witness and the suffering it engenders are so oppressive that one cannot ignore them even for a moment. No matter how deeply one immerses oneself in work, a haunting feeling of inescapable tragedy persists. Still, there are moments when one feels free from one’s own identification with humanContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 14th March”