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“I sometimes think that Man’s capacity for laughter is nobler than his divine gift of suffering. Laughing cleanses a man: it restores his sanity, and balances his sense of values. Now in a time of caution and fear, in an atmosphere turgid with non-direction and non-expressivity, let us laugh and let laugh, lighten the airContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 25th August”

“O Thou Creating and Protecting Power, who art our Father, yea, our Mother not the less, we flee unto thee, and would lift up the psalm of our thanksgiving unto thee, and by our prayer seek to hold communion with thy spirit, and be strengthened for the cares and the duties and the delights ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 24th August”

“The more we lose our sense of separateness in the knowledge of the oneness of all living creatures, millions of small leaves on the single tree of lie, the more we shall lose our sense of self-importance.. If we can find a little of our oneness with all other creatures, and love them, then IContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 23rd August”

“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.” Ray Bradbury (1920 – 2012), Unitarian Universalist science fiction writer, born on this day

“What exactly is an angel? Here is how I suggest we can tell if we bump into one. Angels deny that they are angels. They don’t all have wings or halos – those are only the ones who like to dress up. Angels don’t expect anything in return for services rendered. They don’t always tellContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 21st August”

“The powers we have released could not possibly be absorbed by the narrow system of individual or national units which the architects of the human Earth have hitherto used. The age of nations has passed. Now, unless we wish to perish we must shake off our old prejudices and build the Earth.” Pierre Teilhard deContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 20th August”

“”Abstinence sows sand all overThe ruddy limbs and flaming hair,But desire gratifiedPlants fruits of life and beauty there.”William Blake, Abstinence Abstaining or fasting from the things that we enjoy is not in itself a bad thing; indeed, it can restimulate our appreciation and give us a better balance in the way we use life’s resources.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 19th August”

“Life doesn’t always get better.But you do.You get stronger.You get wiser.You get softer.With tattered wings you rise.And the world watches in wonderat the breathless beauty ofa human who survived life.” L.R. Knost Image by Carlos Tamayo

“In our own sense of the Highest and Holiest, let us now in silence face our own shortcomings and failures, and those we find in others; looking first into our own depths and then at the life around us, facing honestly the inevitable imperfection of being human… Let us now, in some awareness of weaknessContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 17th August”

“Does the caterpillar know what’s about to happen when it spins a cocoon?Does it realize that it’s doing more than simply seeking safety?Does it understand that it’s involved in something greater than simply acting on instinct?Does it imagine, within its long-sought rest, the beauty to which it will open itself? Does it glimpse the possibilityContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 16th August”