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“Abundance is not a result you create. It is an existing state you recognize. We ask for long life, but ‘tis deep life, or noble moments, that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical.” From Society and Solitude by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882), Unitarian minister, Transcendentalist, philosopher and essayist, bornContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 25th May”

“Where do we go, when we’re lost – when the humans around us (much as we love them) can’t seem to help us? We go where we’ve been taught to forget to go. Where our ancestors have always gone. To the woods and the old ways. To the hedgelands and edgelands; to the threshold placesContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 24th May”

“Might the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy be laid to heart! Might a sense of the true aims of life elevate the tone of politics and trade, till public and private honor become identical!” From Summer on the Lakes by Margaret Fuller (1810 – 1850), Unitarian feminist and journalist, born on thisContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 23rd May”

International Day for Biological Diversity “The heart that has learned to love feels sorry for every created thing…Once I needlessly killed a fly. The poor thing crawled on the ground, hurt and mangled, and for three whole days I wept over my cruelty to a living creature, and to this day the incident remains inContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 22nd May”

International Tea Day “Tea is an act complete in its simplicity. When I drink tea, there is only me and the tea. The rest of the world dissolves. There are no worries about the future. No dwelling on past mistakes. Tea is simple: loose-leaf tea, hot pure water, a cup. I inhale the scent, tinyContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 21st May”

World Bee Day “What is this dark hum among the roses?The bees have gone simple, sipping,that’s all. What did you expect? Sophistication?They’re small creatures and they arefilling their bodies with sweetness, how could they notmoan in happiness? The littleworker bee lives, I have read, about three weeks.Is that long? Long enough, I suppose, to understandthatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 20th May”

“I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to riskContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 19th May”

“When we feel that we’re fragile, not stable or solid, we can come back to ourselves and take refuge in the earth. With each step we can feel her solidity beneath our feet. When we’re truly in touch with the earth, we can feel her supportive embrace and her stability. We use our whole bodyContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 18th May”

“God neither heeds nor needs vigils, fasting, prayer, and all forms of mortification in contrast to repose. God needs nothing more than for us to offer him a quiet heart. Then he accomplishes in the soul such secrets and divine deeds that no creature can serve them or even add to them… The divine natureContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 17th May”

International Day of Living Together in Peace “Here’s to the bridge-builders, the hand-holders, the light-bringers, those extraordinary souls wrapped in ordinary lives who quietly weave threads of humanity into an inhumane world. They are the unsung heroes in a world at war with itself. They are the whisperers of hope that peace is possible. LookContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 16th May”