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“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.” Audre Lorde

“The day of my spiritual awakening was the day I saw and knew I saw all things in God and God in all things.” Mechthild of Magdeburg

“Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.” Louisa May Alcott, writer and Unitarian, who died on thisContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 6th March”

“I weave a silence onto my lips.I weave a silence into my mind.I weave a silence within my heart…Calm me, O Lord, as you stilled the storm.Still me, O Lord, keep me from harm.Let all tumult within me cease.Enfold me, Lord, in your peace.” David Adam

A Light exists in Spring by Emily Dickinson “A Light exists in SpringNot present on the YearAt any other period —When March is scarcely here A Colour stands abroadOn Solitary FieldsThat Science cannot overtakeBut Human Nature feels. It waits upon the Lawn,It shows the furthest TreeUpon the furthest Slope you knowIt almost speaks to you.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 4th March”

“Don’t keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. You will be certain to find something you have never seen before. Of course it will be a little thing, but do not ignore it. One discovery will lead to another, andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 3rd March”

“I tell you one thing –If you want peace of mind,do not find fault with others.Rather learn to see your own faults.Learn to make the whole world your own.No one is a stranger, my child;this whole world is your own.” Sri Sarada Devi (1853 – 1920)

“Yellowstone National Park was established on this day in 1872. President Ulysses S. Grant set aside this remarkable enclave of natural wonders “for the enjoyment of the people.” In a century known for its rapacious exploitation of the environment, this declaration stands apart, a historic date in our relationship with the earth. Yellowstone and otherContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 1st March”

“An honest man, armed with all the knowledge available to us now, could only state that in some sense, the origin of life appears at the moment to be almost a miracle, so many are the conditions which would have had to have been satisfied to get it going.” Francis Crick, who, together with JamesContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 28th February”

The Gift by Mary Oliver “Be still, my soul, and steadfast.Earth and heaven both are still watchingthough time is draining from the clockand your walk, that was confident and quick,has become slow. So, be slow if you must, but letthe heart still play its true part.Love still as once you loved, deeplyand without patience. LetContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 27th February”