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“More sports teams are named after animals than anything else. The panther, the manta ray, and the shark lend their symbolic power to the teams; even the oriole, the blue jay, and the gopher conjure a regional pride that helps a team win for its hometown. These animals are totems. Many people identify with aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 9th May”

“We pray for a keener delight in the world around us.Delight in its loveliness, its colours, its scents and sounds.Delight in the fascinating structure of nature and of the human form.Delight in the saga of the past, in story, song and movement, in art and science, and in good work well done.Delight in the presentContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 8th May”

“Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.” Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941), Bengali polymath, born on this day

“Sometimes entering the sacred groveis easy as closing the eyes while you sitin a chair at home and let someonelead you there, their voice a path you followto a ring of trees with roots entwined.A sun-bright meadow in the middle.A group of other willing heartswho form a circle with you. How did itever feel farContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 6th May”

“I always have a comfortable feeling that nothing is impossible if one applies a certain amount of energy in the right direction.” From Around the World in 72 Days by Nellie Bly, journalist and adventurer (1865 – 1922), born on this day

“They say love is the best investment; the more you give, the more you get in return.” Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993), born on this day

“There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love.” From I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (1896 – 1990), born on this day

“I prayed for change, so I changed my mind.I prayed for guidance and learned to trust myself.I prayed for happiness and realized I am not my ego.I prayed for peace and learned to accept others unconditionally.I prayed for abundance and realized my doubt kept it out.I prayed for wealth and realized it is my health.IContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 2nd May”

Beltane “Beltain is a celebration of the potency of the Earth and the forces of Nature. This is the beginning of the most active part of the year and the beginning of Summer. All of life is bursting with fertility, sap is rising, birdsong fills the air and growth is everywhere.. Ask yourself what youContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 1st May”

“In an extreme view, the world can be seen as only connections, nothing else. We think of a dictionary as the repository of meaning, but it defines words only in terms of other words. I liked the idea that a piece of information is really defined only by what it’s related to, and how it’sContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 30th April”