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“I begin and end every day with a very old ritual that was taught to me by a gentle elderly woman who is a Tibetan nun. Each morning, the first thing after awakening, you take a small empty bowl that you keep for this purpose and fill it slowly to the brim from a sourceContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 13th August”

From The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake, who died on this day in 1827, “If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.For man has closed himself up till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern.”

“The human spirit is more powerful than any drug – and that is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. These are the things that matter.” Robin Williams, who died on this day in 2014

“Beneath the physical form of hills and valleys, beneath the rivers and mountains, there is another appearance. It is not only in the minerals, nor in the folded rocks; it is not only in the soil, nor in the trees and plants. Yet somehow in and under and through all these things, the land hasContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 10th August”

“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.” Hermann Hesse, who died on this day in 1962

“Out of the loose ends of life we must make a coherent plan of living. We must purify our hearts and simplify our affections, so that God’s grace may flow through us and make our lives fruitful and good. Each of us has some problem of living which weighs heavily on our heart. Usually itContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 8th August”

“I always forget how important the empty days are, how important it may be sometimes not to expect to produce anything, even a few lines in a journal. A day when one has not pushed oneself to the limit seems a damaged, damaging day, a sinful day. Not so! The most valuable thing one canContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 7th August”

“Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.” Alfred Tennyson, born on this day in 1809

“When you enter this valley, realize that it has no beginning or end. No other road is like the hidden road there, and one person’s road is not the same as another’s.Everyone finds the path revealed according to their capacity, and everyone’s progress depends on their state of breath. How could it be otherwise?Even ifContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 5th August”

“Some of you young folks been saying to me, “Hey Pops, what you mean ‘What a wonderful world’? How about all them wars all over the place? You call them wonderful? And how about hunger and pollution? That aint so wonderful either.” Well how about listening to old Pops for a minute. Seems to me,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 4th August”