Author Archives: Laura Dobson

The Last Bee by Brian Bilston – a poem for World Bee Day “After the last eehad uzzed its last uzz,the irds and the utterfliesdid what they could.ut soon the fields lay are,few flowers were left,nature was roken,and the planet ereft.”

Thought for the day, Friday 19th May “We have no word except kindness for the love that we use every day. Kindness is a courtesy that we owe to all, an act of inclusion that notices the human condition and its needs, however rushed we may be. But kindness is not a custom that comesContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 19th May”

“Iba’che NaNa, Womb of Creation,She Who Gave Birth to All Things,From your dark depths the first spark came into Being.Your luminous Egg exploded in the midst of eternal night,is joyous dance formed the great lights. You Who Gave Us Sun and Moon, Earth and Sky, Body and Spirit,Awaken from your sleep, Deep Night.Lift your eyelidsContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 18th May”

“Many children have pet turtles, and they often create a little parkland for the creatures in their backyards.. They bring it water and foliage every day, and yet still the turtle will run away, to the extent that what it does can be considered running.. But the turtle may be moving toward something rather thanContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 17th May”

“Help me to journey beyond the familiar and into the unknown.Give me the faith to leave old ways and break fresh ground with You.I trust You to be stronger than each storm within me.I will trust in the darkness and know that my times, even now, are in Your hand.Tune my spirit to the musicContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 16th May”

“The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls… The best protection any woman can have is courage.” Elizabeth CadyContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 15th May”

“God is a being beyond being and a nothingness beyond being. The most beautiful thing which a person can say about God would be for that person to remain silent from the wisdom of an inner wealth. So, be silent and quit flapping your gums about God.” Meister Eckhart (1260 – 1328)

A poem for World Migratory Bird Day – Puffinus Puffinus [Manx Shearwater] by David Lewis “Historical crooner, troll-like in burrowsyour eerie cries are supernatural.Lacking red, yellow and orangebut you shear the air to make up for it.I walked a few steps around your island once.Got so tired in a day with sandwiches and pop.Marvelled atContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 13th May”

“The ‘kingdom of heaven is within,’ indeed, but we must also create one without, because we are intended to act upon our circumstances.” Florence Nightingale, raised Unitarian, born on this day in 1820

“You are ever close. You are inside, outside, in every vein, in creepers and leaves, immanent and transcendent… All are God’s children. There is no question of high and low. He extends His hand towards anyone who wants His lap… Once the right action starts there is no fall.. What does it mean to enterContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 11th May”