Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“Ask yourself the following first thing in the morning:What am I lacking in attaining freedom from passion?What for tranquility?What am I? A mere body, estate-holder, or reputation? None of these things.What then? A rational being.What then is demanded of me? Meditate on your actions.How did I steer away from serenity?What did I do that wasContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 21st January”

“Only one thing is certain. People get out of life exactly what they put into it.” From The Searching Spirit by Joy Adamson (1910 – 1980), naturalist, born on this day

“Perhaps the biggest obstacle to loving yourself and living your Spirit is the belief that you can only do so when all your problems are solved, all your worries are alleviated, and all your concerns and fears have disappeared. The truth is, this will never happen. We’re not here to get over our humanness, butContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 19th January”

“By the time it came to the edge of the Forest the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger, but moved more slowly. For it knew now where it wasContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 18th January”

“My heart,sing the song of longing like a nightingale.The sound of your voice casts a spellon every stone, on every thorn.First,lay down your head,then one by one let goof all distractions.Embrace the Light and let it guide you,beyond the winds of desire.There,you will find a springand nourished by its sweet waterslike a treeyou will bearContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 17th January”

“Old and new are the perennial poles of all feeling and sense of orientation in the world. We cannot do without the old, because in what is old is invested all our past, our wisdom, our memories, our sadness, our sense of realism. We cannot do without faith in the new, because in what isContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 16th January”

“Why should there be hunger and privation in any land, in any city, at any table, when men has the resources and the scientific know-how to provide all mankind with the basic necessities of life? There is no deficit in human resources; the deficit is in human will.” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929Continue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 15th January”

“The touch, sure and light, fixing something of the passing moment.. ..memory is the true, imperishable life, that which has sunk without trace and been forgotten was not worth experiencing, the sweet hours, and the great and dread, are immutable. Dreams are life itself – and dreams are more true than reality; in them weContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 14th January”

“The white herons invisible in the snow. The beer can crushed by the roadside.The crunch of your shoes in the snow, magnified by the winter stillness. The devastation wrought be an ice storm, throwing cars and lives off the road.The crackle of icicles as a squirrel runs along a tree branch.Is it all equally precious?Continue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 13th January”

“Problems are not solved on the level of problems. Analysing a problem to find its solution is like trying to restore freshness to a leaf by treating the leaf itself, whereas the solution lies in watering the root.. When the problem of suffering – physical or mental – has to be tackled, it must beContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 12th January”