Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“Sheltering God,I hide myself in You.Head swathed and bowed,I listen for the still, small voice. Strengthening God,in times of tumult and terror,as the earth movesand the horizon shifts,You call me back,to shelter and to strengthen. Your song is in the sighing of trees.Your light is in flicker and spark,knowing and unknowing.Your power is in theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 23rd November”

Feast Day of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of music “When we pay attention to nature’s music we find that every thing on earth contributes to its harmony. The trees joyously wave their branches in rhythm with the wind; the sound of the seas, the murmuring of the breeze, the whistling of the wind through theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 22nd November”

“After tragedies, one has to invent a new world, knit it or embroider, make it up. It’s not gonna be given to you because you deserve it; it doesn’t work that way. You have to imagine something that doesn’t exist and dig a cave into the future and demand space. It’s a territorial hope affair.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 21st November”

Universal Children’s Day “Who knows how to bring up a changeling generation?Wave upon wave, they come.Our fear of magic is not theirs to answer for.We had one job. We have one job. Trick babies, changing faces, changing placesall along the way.How will we know the chrysalis for the rest of their iridescent selfhood?To recognize theirContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 20th November”

“The most beautiful and most profound experience is the sensation of the mystical. It is the sower of all true science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifestingContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 19th November”

“Darkness waits apart from any occasion for it;like sorrow it is always available.This is only one kind,the kind in which there are starsabove the leaves, brilliant as steel nailsand countless and without regard. We are walking togetheron dead wet leaves in the intermoonamong the looming nocturnal rockswhich would be pinkish grayin daylight, gnawed and softenedbyContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 18th November”

“Orpheus, do you hearthe new sound,droning and roaring?Many now exult in it. Though the Machineinsists on our praise,who can listenwith all this noise? See, it rolls over everything,weakening usand taking our place. Since its strength is of our making,why can’t it serve usand not possess us?” Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 – 1926), Sonnets to OrpheusContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 17th November”

International Day for Tolerance “Love is our true essence. Love has no limitations such as religion, race, nationality, or caste. We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love. To awaken this unity and to spread the love that is our inherent nature to others—this is the true aim of human life.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 16th November”

“There is no use in keeping a ledgerof all that has gone wrong.The birds do not.The river does not.Morning arrives, as it always doesunafraid of beginning.You, too, may begin again.Forget the failed attempts,the words you should not have said,the long ache of waitingfor something that never came.There is no refundfor time spent in sorrow,but thereContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 15th November”

“In generosity and helping others, be like the river.In compassion and grace, be like the sun.In concealing others’ faults, be like the night.In anger and fury, be like the dead.In modesty and humility, be like the earth.In tolerance, be like the ocean.Appear as you are, or be as you appear.” The Seven Advices of JalālContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 14th November”