Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“Oceans embrace a continent.Space welcomes the sun.Embrace yourself this generously. Form your arms into a circleAnd cherish the arising of serenity. Attend the birth of something new.Thoughts dissolve into peace.As you become the One who embraces All.” Lorin Roche, The Radiance Sutras (translation of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra)

“We are finite and infinite at the same time. We are like waves in the ocean; the wave is the ocean and yet not the ocean. There is not any part of the wave of which you cannot say, “It is the ocean.” The name “ocean” applies to the wave and equally to every otherContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 12th January”

“Know first who you are and what you are capable of…We are always learning, always growing. It is right to accept challenges. This is when we progress to the next level of intellectual, physical, or moral development. Still, do not deceive yourself: if you try to be something or someone you are not, you belittleContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 11th January”

The Sacredness of Ordinary Life by Father Daniel O’Leary, “God is always incarnate,always just below the surfaceof our daily lives. Every moment of every authentic experiencecarries the felt message for usof divine grace. God is the energythat sustains all our human happeningsand emotions. To become more aware of God’s earthy,hidden dynamicall around us,we need toLookContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 10th January”

“The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.” Simone de Beauvoir, author of The Second Sex, born on this day in 1908

“To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.” Galileo Galilei, who discovered Io, Europa and Ganymede, moons of Jupiter, on this day in 1610

For Those Who Have Far to Travel: An Epiphany Blessing by Jan Richardson, “If you could see the journey whole,you might never undertake it,might never dare the first step that propels youfrom the place you have knowntoward the place you know not.Call it one of the mercies of the road:that we see it only byContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 6th January”

The Winter Woods by Parker J Palmer, “The winter woods beside a solemnriver are twice seen—once as they pierce the brittle air,once as they dance in grace beneath the stream. In air these trees stand rough and raw,branch angular in stark design—in water shimmer constantly,disconnect as in a dream,shadowy but more alivethan what stands stiffContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 5th January”

“Blessing Our World Now Sometimes when we look out, the world seems so dark. War, violence, hunger and misery seem to abound. This makes us anxious and helpless. What can I do in my private little corner of life that could have any effect on the march of world events? The usual answer is: nothing.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 4th January”

“Still round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gateAnd though I oft have passed them byA day will come at last when IShall take the hidden paths that runWest of the Moon, East of the Sun.” J.R.R. Tolkien, born on this day in 1892