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“The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. The only thing of importance, whenContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 14th January”

“The stars speak through the stones. Light shines in the densest matter. Heaven and Earth are one. Our physical beings and our heavenly souls are united in the Mystery of Being.” Philip Carr-Gomm

“Tasting dark chocolate,A ripe apricot,A luscious elixir –Savour the expanding joy in your body.Nature is offering herself to you.How astonishingTo realize this world can taste so good. When sipping some ambrosia,Raise your glass,Close your eyes,Toast the universe.The Sun and Moon and EarthDanced togetherTo bring you this delight.Receive the nectar on your tongueAs a kiss ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 12th January”

“Everyone has oceans to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries? No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the rootsContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 11th January”

“On this day in 1969, the photograph Earthrise was published in Life magazine. The picture was taken by William Anders, an astronaut on the Apollo 8 mission, who writes about that moment in A View from Space: “We’d come 240,000 miles to see the moon, and it was the Earth that was really worth lookingContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 10th January”

“To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future.” Simone de Beauvoir

“Expect Life!Do not live too far in the past or the future; live now.In each moment, expect a miracle: ten kinds of birds at the feeder, and the tracks of a fox in the snow.Pick up a magnifying glass and scrutinize that crocus. See the pollen at the center of the daffodil, life’s dust, death-defyingContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 8th January”

“Helping, fixing, and serving represent three different ways of seeing life. When you help, you see life as weak. When you fix, you see life as broken. When you serve, you see life as whole. Fixing and helping may be the work of the ego, and service the work of the soul.” Rachel Naomi Remen

FEAST OF EPIPHANY (COMMEMORATING THE WISE MEN BRINGING GIFTS TO THE INFANT JESUS) “Amid all the noise in our lives,we take this moment to sit in silence —to give thanks for another day;to give thanks for all those in our liveswho have brought us warmth and love;to give thanks for the gift of life. WeContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 6th January”

New Year’s Resolution by Fred Lamotte, “Don’t go, just arrive.Rest the mind in the heart.Dissolve your pronouns in ‘Thou.’Talk to the animals.Smile for no reason at 3 A.M.Instead of asking,“what have I attained?”let everything around youbecome exceedingly awake,raindrop, silence, stars.Discover the secret treasurein the place where you already areby not searching.Breath happens.Just arrive.”