Category Archives: Uncategorized

“In his poem, There Was a Child Went Forth, part of the Autumn Rivulets cycle, Walt Whitman describes the things that a child sees in his daily wanderings – the shadows, the field-sprouts, the wharves and the ferries, the clouds and the apple trees, the workers, and the families both kind and cruel. He closesContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 27th September”

“I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hopeFor hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love,For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faithBut the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.Wait without thought, for you are not ready forContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 26th September”

“That person who’s kindWho practices righteousnessWho remains at peaceIn the world’s madnessWho feels all sentient beingsAs his or her own self –This person attainsThe Deathless OneAnd is accompanied alwaysBy the true God.” Kabir, 15th century India (pictured (left) with Guru Nanak and Mardana)

“Blessed saint francispray for usnow and in the time of despondencyyour brother the water is poisonedchildren no longer know your brother the firethe birds shun us They belittle youpopes and czarsand the Americans buy up Assisiincluding youblessed saint franciswhy did you come among us? In the stony outskirts of the cityI saw you scurrying aboutaContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 24th September”

“May I be at peace.May my loved ones be at peace.May those I have never met be at peace.May those I have hurt, knowingly or unknowingly, be at peace.May those who have hurt me, knowingly or unknowingly, be at peace.May everybody be at peace.” Buddhist Loving-Kindness Meditation (Metta Bhavana), quoted in Fragments of Holiness forContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 23rd September”

Autumn Equinox “As the summer draws to a close, its last days are filled with a special brilliance and abundance, unparalleled throughout the year. There is a mellow quality to the light, as the sun is lower upon the horizon. Life is now at its most abundant; the work of the spring and summer isContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 22nd September”

International Day of Peace Psalm 113 by Christine Robinson “Hallelujah!Open your hearts, you servants of GodOpen your hearts to GodStrive to be a fertile field for God’s loveAll day, all night, all ways.God’s work encompasses the nations,the world, the distances between the stars.God’s work is in the atom, thecore, the intestacies of matter.God’s work isContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 21st September”

“I’ve never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don’t understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now… After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It’s better to exploreContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 20th September”

“An agnostic friend of mine eventually converted to the Catholic faith. She received religious instruction from a devout and simple-minded nun. They were discussing the story of the Annunciation, which presented some difficulties to my friend. At last she said to the nun, “Well, anyhow, I suppose that one is not obliged to believe thatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 19th September”

“Give me a quiet life, give me trees, the wind through them, give me a sea and the song it sings. Give me heartbeats shared with those I love, give me peace and a long deep sleep.” Tyler Knott Gregson