Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.” Rainer Maria Rilke

“This would be an unbearable world were God to have only a single light, but we may be consoled that God has two lights: a light to guide us in the brightness of the day when hopes are fulfilled and circumstances are favorable, and a light to guide us in the darkness of the midnightContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 15th January”

“You are closer to me than I am, God.You shine through my chaos and confusionfrom my innermost self.You know my weak points and my hurt places,the habits I resort to and the goals that sustain me.You well up in me.You hold me in the palm of your hand.I can’t quite grasp this – it’s justContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 14th January”

“”A home,” wrote Solomon the Wise, “is built with wisdom.” And not with a hammer. Because wisdom is the glue of beauty. Wisdom, meaning the ability to step back and see all of the picture, the past and, most important, the future to which all this leads. To see the truth inside each thing. WithoutContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 13th January”

“Know the difference between the false dawn and the true, distinguish the colour of the wine from the colour of the cup, that, perchance, from the eyes which see the seven colours, patience and waiting may produce a spiritual eye, with which you may behold colours other than these, and may behold pearls instead ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 12th January”

“I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.” Alice Paul, US Suffragist (1885 – 1987), born on this day

“Once upon a time, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten.” Terry Tempest Williams

“One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.” Simone de Beauvoir (1908 – 1986), philosopher, writer and feminist activist, born on this day

“Comfort comes into your house first as guest, then as a host, then finally as the master… If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in. Go a little bit outContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 8th January”

“God is voluptuous and delicious.” Meister Eckhart, German theologian, philosopher and mystic (c. 1260 – c. 1328)