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Vernal Equinox and International Day of Happiness “If you restore balance in your own self, you will be contributing immensely to the healing of the world.” Deepak Chopra

“i’ve heard her calling melate at nightbetween the windand the wings my soul is a songshe sings alongthe green unfurlingof leaves and loam her branches speakmy truths alonetell the wildI’m coming home” Angi Sullins

“What struck me most was the silence. It was a great silence, unlike any I have encountered on Earth, so vast and deep that I began to hear my own body: my heart beating, my blood vessels pulsing, even the rustle of my muscles moving over each other seemed audible. There were more stars inContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 18th March”

St. Patrick’s Day “Images of leprechauns, magical creatures who live in the earth and play tricks on humans, are a staple of Saint Patrick’s Day. Yet like many legends, the leprechauns may have their basis in fact. In the so-called Dark Ages, it is believed that Lapps sailed across the sea from Lapland to makeContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 17th March”

“You are my Source, my Way, my Home.In You I rest secure.In You I gather strength.In You I begin to see. When fear arisesfrom within or from withoutI rememberwho You areand how I amin You. Oh that I may dwell in Youday by day, moment by moment.Then peace would be mine.Then I could perseverewhen theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 16th March”

“To make life a little better for people less fortunate than you, that’s what I think a meaningful life is. One lives not just for oneself but for one’s community.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court (1933 – 2020), born on this day

“The moral decline we are compelled to witness and the suffering it engenders are so oppressive that one cannot ignore them even for a moment. No matter how deeply one immerses oneself in work, a haunting feeling of inescapable tragedy persists. Still, there are moments when one feels free from one’s own identification with humanContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 14th March”

“Respect a parliamentary king, and chearfully pay all parliamentary taxes; but have nothing to do with a parliamentary religion, or a parliamentary God.Religious rights, and religious liberty, are things of inestimable value. For these have many of our ancestors suffered and died; and shall we, in the sunshine of prosperity, desert that glorious cause, fromContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 13th March”

“You gotta have a swine to show you where the truffles are.” From Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1961) by Edward Albee, playwright (1928 – 2016), born on this day

“Meditation isn’t for avoiding problems or running away from difficulties. We don’t practice escaping. We practice so that we have enough strength to confront problems effectively. To do this, we must be calm, fresh, and solid. That is why we need to practice the art of stopping. When we learn to stop, we become calmer,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 11th March”