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“Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one’s soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.” Josephine Baker, dancer, singer, actressContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 3rd June”

Thought for the day, Friday 2nd June “The magic of story is everywhere acclaimed as healing and transforming. The power of story to change us and bring us to the brink of self-forgetfulness and wonder is a gift beyond measure. However, if we truly believe in the power of story, it is important that weContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 2nd June”

“A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.” Marilyn Monroe, born on this day in 1926

Thought for the day, Wednesday 31st May “After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on – have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear – what remains? Nature remains.” Walt Whitman, born on this day in 1819

Thought for the day, Tuesday 30th May “Spirituality is not to be learned by flight from the world, by running away from things, or by turning solitary and going apart from the world. Rather, we must learn an inner solitude wherever or with whomsoever we may be. We must learn to penetrate things and findContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 30th May”

“Friends are as important as achievement.. Teamwork is the one key to success and selfishness only makes a man small.” Tenzing Norgay, who, together with Edmund Hillary, was the first man to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, on this day in 1953

Whit Sunday / Pentecost “Effortlessly,Love flows from God into humans,Like a birdWho rivers the airWithout moving her wings.Thus we move in His worldOne in body and soul,Though outwardly separate in form.As the Source strikes the note,Humanity sings —The Holy Spirit is our harpist,And all stringsWhich are touched in LoveMust sound.” Mechthild of Magdeburg

Feast of Saint Melangell, patron saint of hares “Melangell sails the Irish seato the wilds of Wales,flees a marriage and seeks timealone among a storm of hawthorn,feeds on hazelnuts and dandelions,gathers lady’s mantle each morningto sip their dew, plunges her handsin the river, freezing and fresh,sleeps on moss in the cave-close stone,delights at birdsong, seekstheContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 27th May”

“Master of the Universe, grant me the ability to be alone. May it be my custom to go outdoors each day among the trees and grass, among all growing things. And there may I be alone in prayer, to talk with my Creator, to express everything in my heart. And may all the foliage ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 26th May”

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well… Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and make a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 25th May”