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A blessing for Diwali by Satya Kalra “May the lamps of love and devotion burn brightly in your heartMay the light of understanding shine in your mindMay the light of harmony glow in your homeMay the bright rays of service shine forth ceaselessly from your handsMay your smile, your words and your actions be asContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 24th October”

“Nice distinctions are troublesome. It is so much easier to say that a thing is black than to discriminate the particular shade of brown, blue, or green to which it really belongs. It is so much easier to make up your mind that your neighbour is good for nothing, than to enter into all theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 23rd October”

From The Celtic Spirit: Daily Meditations for the Turning Year by Caitlin Matthews, “Ordinary Things ‘There are three slender things that support the world: the slender stream of cow’s milk into a pail; the slender blade of green corn in the ground; the slender thread running over the hands of a skilled woman.’ Ancient IrishContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 22nd October”

“There is one art of which people should be masters – the art of reflection.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge, born on this day in 1772

From Earth Bound: Daily Meditations for All Seasons by Brian Nelson, “The apples are ripe now, and their names have histories as rich as the apples themselves – Granny Smith, Delicious, Gala. The name Delicious was decided upon long before the first such apple was grown. It had been selected as a marketing device andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 20th October”

Maple Seeds by Lynn Ungar “Most of the leaves are gonefrom the maple. Other yearsit’s glowed with color, but in droughtthe leaves just turned brownand dropped. Sometimes you justcan’t afford that kind of gaudy joy.But now there are seedsby the tens of thousands,the sidewalk heaped inlittle brown wings, flocksof seed angels come to earth.I knowContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 19th October”

From Crescent and Heart by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (creator of the Dances of Universal Peace), born on this day in 1896, “What are words but praises of echo!But music is the gift of the Beneficent;From Him it came and to Him it shall return.Therefore song is my prayer and prayer is my song.. LetContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 18th October”

A Party for the Broken by Tom Hirons “Tonight we will have a partyOnly for the broken pieces.Only the crooked and the blunt onesAre welcome tonight;The shattered and the stained can come,But you perfected ones should stay away.All the orphans and exilesWill be arriving soon with theirBundles of rags and sorrow.Make room, you bright angels:NowContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 17th October”

“Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed. All that is needed is the will to love..It is love alone that gives worth to all things.” Teresa of Avila

“All my days I have been careful never to pluck a blade of grass or a flower needlessly, when it had the ability to grow or blossom. You know the teaching of our sages that not a single blade of grass grows here on Earth that does not have an angel above it, commanding itContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 15th October”