Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.” Rosa Parks, civil rights activist, born on this day in 1913

“How ought we to live in the world?Do all your duties, but keep your mind on God.Live with all – with spouse and children, father and mother – and serve them.Treat them as if they were very dear to you, but know in your heart of hearts that they do not belong to you.” SriContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 3rd February”

“An Irish triad tells us that of the three candles that illumine every darkness: truth, nature and knowledge. Nature is our guide to the common law; knowledge is our guide to the reservoir of received law; but truth must be the discriminating force by which everyone illumines dark places.”Caitlin Matthews

“Winter had settled over me, The frost sealing my eyes, my mouth;My bones as ice,StilledBeneath frozen water. You cameAnd planted your sun like a seed in me,Warm,Precious,Pearl of light,And my being became the song of snow-melt,A river-burst of birdsongRising. At your touch my body is a gardenOf snowdrops;This tender bloomingThe greening of my soul.” MariaContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 1st February”

“Do not depend on the hope of results. You may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve no result at all, if not perhaps results opposite to what you expect. As you get used to this idea, you start more and more to concentrate not on theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 31st January”

“It is the action, not the fruit of the action, that is important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there will be fruit, but that doesn’t mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results comeContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 30th January”

“The ultimate objective of spirituality is not to remove the existence of evil or humanity’s negative traits. Instead, we must confront and transform these dark forces, for it is only through the struggle of transformation that we ignite the spark of divinity within us.” The Zohar (Jewish mystical text published in 13th century Spain)

“The secret of success is… to be fully awake to everything about you.” Painter Jackson Pollock, born on this day in 1912

Holocaust Memorial Day – survivor Susan Pollack MBE (born Zsuzsanna Blau in 1930), reflects on her experience in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. You may find this testimony distressing. “Once I entered the camp all of my faculties, emotions, fears and hopes diminished. I was dehumanised, and in a different world. I had entered a place thatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 27th January”

“You’re the Creator.You’re the Sustainer.You’re the Destroyer of all.You’re my lover.You’re my partner.You’re my teacher of all.I bow to you. You’re the earth from which all things grow.You’re the water, the eternal flow.You’re the fire that glows on and on.You’re the air I breathe in for this song.I bow to you. You’re the sweetness thatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 26th January”