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“All thingsAre too smallTo hold meI am so vastIn the infiniteI reachFor the uncreatedI have touched itIt undoes meWider than wideEverything elseIs too narrowYou know this wellWho also live there.” Hadewijch of Antwerp (13th century Beguine)

“Positively, the best thing a man can have to do, is nothing, and next to that perhaps — good works.” Charles Lamb, Unitarian poet and essayist, born on this day in 1775

“In my travels I spent time with a great yogi. Once he said to me, ‘Become so still you hear the blood flowing through your veins.’ One night as I sat in quiet, I seemed on the verge of entering a world inside so vast I know it is the source of all of us.”Continue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 9th February”

“Beneath the ground, the seeds are slumbering. During these months, seeds are like time bombs, filled with explosive energy that they will only release at the proper moment. You yourself may be one of these seeds. Perhaps you need a period of rest before you can capitalize on all the power inside you. Or perhapsContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 8th February”

“Time and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage. But all men have to wait for time and tide.” Charles Dickens, born on this day in 1812 Time and Tide by Alfred Bricher

“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.” Bob Marley, born on this day in 1945

“We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to its security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft.” Adlai E. Stevenson, born on this day in 1900

“It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.” Rosa Parks, born on this day in 1913

“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”