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“When I was young and bold and strong,Oh, right was right, and wrong was wrong!My plume on high, my flag unfurled,I rode away to right the world.“Come out, you dogs, and fight!” said I,And wept there was but once to die.But I am old; and good and badAre woven in a crazy plaid.I sit andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 22nd August”

“At a certain point you say to the woods, to the sea, to the mountains, the world, Now I am ready. Now I will stop and be wholly attentive. You empty yourself and wait, listening. After a time you hear it: there is nothing there. There is nothing but those things only, those created objects,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 21st August”

“Earth, in which lie the sea, the river, and other waters,in which food and cornfields have come to be,in which lives all that breathes and that moves,may she confer on us the finest of her yield. Earth, in which the waters, common to all,moving on all sides, flow unfailingly, day and night,may she pour usContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 20th August”

World Humanitarian Day “I believe that there is a greater power in the world than the evil power of military force, of nuclear bombs — there is the power of good, of morality, of humanitarianism.” Linus Pauling (1901 – 1994), Unitarian Universalist, winner of Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Peace, died on this day

“God is not a watchmaker who then periodically tinkers with the creation he long ago established. Instead, God is one with all that exists. The great miracle is the energizing force of the universe itself. One mind is everywhere active, in each ray of the star, in each wavelet of the pool.” Ralph Waldo EmersonContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 18th August”

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” Mae West, born on this day in 1893

“Though human nature has many detractors, and though we fail our own best intentions sometimes, the treasury of the soul reflects its divine origins time and again in our life’s track. True divinity of soul shines out in the most unexpected moments: when we are hard-pressed, when care and support must stretch just a littleContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 16th August”

“To understand the world, knowledge is not enough. You must see it, touch it, live in its presence and drink the vital heat of existence in the very heart of reality.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 – 1955), Jesuit priest, paleontologist and theologian

“I quietly gaze into the depths of a forestand see nothing save beauty and peace.Birdsong fills my ears.A gentle breeze brushes against my cheek.Seeing from inside the seeing,I drink the dark riches of the woods. Would it be that every day I could seemy own face so clearly in these still waters,And meet the emptinessContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 14th August”

“Every unique thing in nature is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole. Each particle is a microcosm, and faithfully renders the likeness of the world. In geometric harmony of the cosmos there are ways that resemble, there are universal patterns, from blood vessels, to winter trees or to aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 13th August”