Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“Know first who you are and what you are capable of… We are always learning, always growing. It is right to accept challenges. This is when we progress to the next level of intellectual, physical, or moral development. Still, do not deceive yourself: if you try to be something of someone you are not, youContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 11th January”

“This morningthe beautiful white heronwas floating along above the waterand then into the sky of thisthe one worldwe all belong towhere everythingsooner or lateris a part of everything elsewhich thought made me feelfor a little whilequite beautiful myself.” Poem of the One World by Mary Oliver

Thought for the day, Thursday 9th January “To sing is to love and affirm,to fly and to soar,to coast into the hearts of the peoplewho listento tell them that life is to live,that love is there,that nothing is a promise,but that beauty exists,and must be hunted for and found… To sing is to praise GodContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 9th January”

“”Do you wish to have love?If you wish to have love, then you must leave love.”Mechtild of Magdeburg Letting go is a lesson all the mystics teach us. Mechtild reminds us of a deep paradox: we sometimes must leave love to have love. We need to let go of everything eventually, at some time, andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 8th January”

“The way to spiritual maturity is through personal and interactive experience. We travel to wisdom along the roads that our soul is drawn to explore, eventually evolving a map that we begin to understand. Even within formal religions this journey must take place; otherwise, spiritual stasis sets in. In the old language of craftspeople, thereContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 7th January”

Feast of Epiphany “Find the door of your heart, and you will discover it is the door to the kingdom of God.” St. John Chrysostom (c. 347 – 407)

“Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.” George MacDonald (1824 – 1905), novelist, poet and Congregational minister

“To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. ‘Tis much better to do a little with certainty, and leave the rest for others that come after you, than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing.” Isaac Newton (1643 –Continue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 4th January”

“I’ve learnt that no one is too small to make a difference… The real power belongs to the people… All we have to do is to wake up and change.” Greta Thunberg, climate activist, born on this day in 2003

“You are waterproof. It is easier to learn to be soaked and happy than to learn how to stop the rain.” Matt Haig