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“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”

“All that separates, whether of race, class, creed, or sex, is inhuman, and must be overcome.” Kate Sheppard, suffragette (1847 – 1934), born on this day

“I dwell in the shelter of the Most High.and abide in the shadow of the Holy One.I say, “You are my refuge and stronghold,my God in whom I put my trust.You will deliver me from the snare of the hunterand from all manner of evils.You will cover me with your pinionsand hide me in theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 9th March”

International Women’s Day “a woman can’t surviveby her own breathaloneshe must knowthe voices of mountainsshe must recognizethe foreverness of blue skyshe must flowwith the elusivebodiesof night windswho will take herinto herselflook at mei am not a separate womani am a continuanceof blue skyi am the throatof the mountainsa night windwho burnswith every breathshe takes” FromContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 8th March”

“Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.” John Herschel (1792 – 1871), polymath, born on this day