Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“Grant us to walk in beauty, seeing the uncommon in the common, aware of the great stream of wonder in which we and all things move. Give us to see more deeply into the great things of our heritage, and the simple but sublime truths hidden in every leaf and every rock. May our handsContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 9th July”

“I am the breath of the Most High, blanketing the earth like mist, filling the sky with towering clouds.I encompass distant galaxies, and walk in the innermost abyss.Over crest and trough, over sea and land, over every people and nation I hold sway…Before time, at the beginning of beginnings, God created Me. And I shallContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 8th July”

“There is a bird on this body treeThat dances in the ecstasy of life.No one knows where it is,And who could ever knowWhat its music means?It nests where branches cast deep shadow;It comes in the dusk and flies away at dawnAnd never says a word of what it intends. No one can tell me anythingAboutContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 7th July”

“Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.” Frida Kahlo, born on this day in 1907

“Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” Isaac Newton, whose Principia, outlining his laws of motion and universal gravitation, was published the by Royal Society on this day in 1687

“We have become used to the possession of certain inalienable rights: life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, among others, in our modern world. These are rights that we take for granted, that are enshrined in constitutions and maintained by the law of the land; and yet even within civilized societies there are many who doContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 4th July”

“We commune too much with what defeats us. We brood over our failures until failure takes possession of us. May we see the good we have done and be encouraged by it. May we see the good we might have done and be drawn towards it.” Adapted from a prayer by A. Powell Davies (1902Continue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 3rd July”

“How long, O God, how long?How long must I wait to see your face,to feel your presence?How long until I figure things out,heal from my wounds, feel whole again?How long must I live with these longings,with no more than hints and guesses to go on?Look on me and give me answers! Light up my eyes!Continue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 2nd July”

International Day of Co-operatives “The entire cosmos is a cooperative. The sun, the moon, and the stars live together as a cooperative. The same is true for humans and animals, trees and soil. Our bodily parts function as a cooperative. When we realize that the world is a mutual, interdependent, cooperative enterprise, that human beingsContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 1st July”

International Asteroid Day “Like the cosmic dust following after a great Perseid meteor, we are the living remnants of time and all that has come to pass in its wake—briefly shining lights on the way to eternity. We are only visible to the naked eye for an instant. Take this moment to shine like theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 30th June”