Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“Leaves are falling, falling as if from afar,as if, far off in the heavens, gardens were wilting.And as they fall, their gestures say “it’s over.” In the night the heavy Earth is fallingfrom out of all the stars into loneliness. We all are falling. This hand here is falling.Just look: it is in all ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 23rd October”

“If we want to allow creativity its freedom, we have to allow our ideational lives to be let loose, to stream letting anything come, initially censoring nothing. That is creative life. It is made up of divine paradox. To create one must be willing to be stone stupid, to sit upon a throne on topContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 22nd October”

“The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions — the little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – 1834), Romantic poet and (briefly) Unitarian minister,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 21st October”

“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced himContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 20th October”

“Before it’s gone remind meShow me where the wildflowers growTeach me our stories from long agoWho made the sunrise, where does the moon go? Walk me back to the land that owns me,Through the trees that know my nameThe animals, plants and birds, we are but the sameOn the dust of our earth lay meContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 19th October”

“Fireflies. Angler fish. Trilobites. Many creatures emit their own light. And the more these beings dwell in darkness, the more they evolve to illuminate their surroundings. Do you give off light yourself? Give yourself credit. You may have a glow that doesn’t register on the visible spectrum, but one that makes a difference nonetheless. TrainContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 18th October”

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty “The only way to end poverty is to address its root causes: inequality, discrimination, and lack of access to education and opportunity.” Michelle Obama

World Food Day “How generously the pecan trees shower us with food, literally giving of themselves so that we can live. But in the giving, their lives are also ensured. Living by the precepts of the Honorable Harvest — to take only what is given, to use it well, to be grateful for the gift,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 16th October”

“I am a forest and a night of dark trees.But he who is not afraid of my darkness,will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.” Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900), born on this day Painting by Elihu Vedder (1836 – 1923)

“Do not love half loversDo not entertain half friendsDo not indulge in works of the half talentedDo not live half a lifeand do not die a half deathIf you choose silence, then be silentWhen you speak, do so until you are finishedDo not silence yourself to say somethingAnd do not speak to be silentIf youContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 14th October”