Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“Humanity finds itself in the midst of the world.In the midst of all other creatureshumanity is the most significantand yet the most dependent upon the others.Humanity is small in stature,but powerful in strength of soul.With head directed upward,with feet on firm ground,humanity can set all things in motion,things above as well as things below.”Hildegard ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 17th September”

“The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources; or if the planet is our mother, not an opportunity – then we will treatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 16th September”

“There are barriers which divide the righteous and the unrighteous. But we know that each of us is both. There is within us the impulse to be generous, kind, worthy, and decent. And there is within us the impulse to be cruel, mean-spirited, and vengeful. Help us not to see people, ourselves included, as eitherContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 15th September”

“Around us, life bursts forth with miracles—a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere.Each human being is a multiplicity of miracles. Eyes that see thousands of colors, shapes, and forms; ears that hear a beeContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 14th September”

“Keep a clear eye toward life’s end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God’s creature. What you are in his sight is what you are and nothing more. Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received, but only what you have given; a full heart enrichedContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 13th September”

“God is not what you thinkor even what you believe,because God isa word unspoken,a thought unthought,a belief unbelieved.So if you wish to knowthis God, practice wonder,do what is good, andcultivate silence.The rest will follow.”Meister Eckhart

“There is a common misconception that the good things in life come from being in the right place at the right time. In truth, everything that is good comes from being on the right channel with the right reception. This is what the sages call z’chut—sometimes translated as “merit.” What it really means is aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 11th September”

“Love from its very nature must be transitory. To seek for a secret that would render it constant would be as wild a search as for the philosopher’s stone or the grand panacea: and the discovery would be equally useless, or rather pernicious to mankind. The most holy band of society is friendship.”Mary Wollstonecraft (1759Continue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 10th September”

From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910), born on this day, “Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 9th September”

Psalm 66 Redux by Carla Grosch-Miller,“The whole earth sings praise!Wild wind whips glory,babbling brook skipping sings,green fields davening sway.The smallest ears pick up the tunethat pulses through all things.Oh God, Maker of all,let my life move withthe earth songs beneath my feetand the star songs above my head.Let my heart jig and caper like aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 8th September”