Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“The greatest gift in life is consciousness. Not positions, not the dollar, but that the Almighty Spirit gives us life and we have a rational mind with which to see all the wonders of the universe… I would not forget that the pale-faced missionary and the hoodooed aborigine are both God’s creatures, though small indeedContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 22nd February”

“What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.” Nina Simone (1933 – 2003), singer-songwriter and civil rights activist, born on this day

World Day of Social Justice “Human beings have rights, because they are moral beings: the rights of all men grow out of their moral nature; and as all men have the same moral nature, they have essentially the same rights… I ask no favors for my sex. I surrender not our claim to equality. AllContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 20th February”

“Today is the birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus [1473 – 1543]. The Polish astronomer dared to assert that the earth revolved around the sun, when the entire spirit of his time affirmed that the Earth was the centre of the universe. What do you believe simply because you’ve been told – and what have you takenContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 19th February”

“We are the moral inhabitants of the globe. And to deny it is to lie in prison. Oh yes, there’s cruelty, and cruelty, because it destroys the perpetuator as well as the victim, is a very mysterious thing. But if you look at the world as one long brutal game between “us” and “them,” thenContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 18th February”

“For the earth we give thanks: may we respect it, enjoy it, and hand it on unspoiled.For living beings we give thanks: may we reverence them, wonder at them, and share the world with them as best we can.For children we give thanks: may we love them, guide them, and let them go when theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 17th February”

“God Bless You”, decreed as the correct response to a sneeze, by Pope Gregory the Great, on this day in 600

“Just as there are no little people or unimportant lives, there is no insignificant work.” Yelena Bonner (1923 – 2011), Soviet Dissident, born on this day

“I know there is a hope in religion; I know there is faith and I know there is prayer about religion and necessary to it, but God is most glorified when there is peace on earth and good will towards men… Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the FatherContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 14th February”

“For the Celtic peoples, the physical world was seen to be made up of three elemental dimensions: the depths of the sea, the breadth of the earth, and the airy regions of the heavens. Fusing these three dimensions together was the fiery sun, whose diurnal circuit maintained the life of the apparent world. Each ensouledContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 13th February”