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“Dance when you’re broken open.Dance when you’ve torn the bandage off.Dance in the middle of fighting.Dance in your blood.Dance when you’re perfectly free.Struck, the dancer hears a tambourine inside her,like a wave that crests into foam at the very top,Begins.Maybe you don’t hear that tambourine,or the tree leaves clapping time.Close the ears on your head,thatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 3rd February”

Feast of Candlemas Let the growing sunlight of each new day touch your soul.May it reach the parts you that have felt unloved, unseen.The dark places between your bones, the cave around your heart, the space between each breath.Let it stir the dreams in you, the seeds of medicine sown into your making, activating theirContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 2nd February”

Imbolc / St Brigid’s Day “I will rest now at the bottom of Bridget’s wellI will follow the crow’s wayFootprint by footprintIn the mud down hereI won’t come upUntil I am calmed downAnd the earth dries beneath meAnd I have paced the caked groundUntil smooth all overIt can echo a deeper voiceMirror a longer shadowThenContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 1st February”

“Only when peace lives within each of us, will it live outside of us. We must be the wombs for a new harmony. When it is small, peace is fragile. Like a baby, it needs nurturing attention. We must protect peace from violence and perversion if it is to grow. We must be strong toContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 31st January”

“Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: I shall not fear anyone on Earth. I shall fear only God. I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, IContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 30th January”

“Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.” Thomas Paine, born on this day in 1737 Thomas Paine caricature, by his enemies

“You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.” Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, born on this day in 1873

Holocaust Memorial Day “For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 27th January”

“We live under the power of Modern Consciousness, which means that we are obsessed with progress. Wherever you are is not good enough. We always want to achieve something, rather than experience something. The opposite of this is Spiritual Consciousness. By that I mean you find enchantment in every action you do, rather in justContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 26th January”

To A Mouse by Robert Burns, born on this day in 1759, “Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim’rous beastie,O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!Thou need na start awa sae hasty,Wi’ bickerin brattle!I wad be laith to rin an’ chase theeWi’ murd’ring pattle! I’m truly sorry Man’s dominionHas broken Nature’s social union,An’ justifies that ill opinion,Which makesContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 25th January”