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“I know there is a hope in religion; I know there is faith and I know there is prayer about religion and necessary to it, but God is most glorified when there is peace on earth and good will towards men… Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the FatherContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 14th February”

“For the Celtic peoples, the physical world was seen to be made up of three elemental dimensions: the depths of the sea, the breadth of the earth, and the airy regions of the heavens. Fusing these three dimensions together was the fiery sun, whose diurnal circuit maintained the life of the apparent world. Each ensouledContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 13th February”

“As dogs, cats, horses, and probably all the higher animals, even birds, as is stated on good authority, have vivid dreams, and this is shewn by their movements and voice, we must admit that they possess some power of imagination… Few persons any longer dispute that animals possess some power of reasoning. Animals may constantlyContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 12th February”

International Day of Women and Girls in Science “Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity.” Mae Jemison, physicist and astronaut

“I was afraid of being rejectedUntil I learned to never reject myselfI was afraid of being abandonedUntil I learned to never abandon myselfI was afraid of the opinions of othersUntil I learned that they held no more weight than my ownI was afraid of painful endingsUntil I realised that they were also new beginningsI wasContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 10th February”

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” Alice Walker, writer and activist, born on this day in 1944 Image: Alice Walker speaking at End the Wars Spring Action, Oakland, 2018

“Oh when, when, when will we ever have enoughof whining and defining? Haven’t championsin the weaving of words been here already?Why keep on trying? Are not people perpetually, over and over and over again,assaulted by books as by buzzing alarms?When, between two books, the quieting sky appears,or merely a patch of earth at evening –rejoiceContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 8th February”

“No one is useless in this world.. who lightens the burden of it for any one else.” From Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870), born on this day

Sámi National Day “Think of me every dayTell those southerners about meTell them how they’re breaking me downbit by bitpiece by pieceTell them about the folk up hereabout how we liveabout our struggle, hands chilled and souls on fireTell them about the workers and the pitthe half-year’s darkness, the drink that ensnaresTell them we sometimesContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 6th February”

“The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.” Adlai Stevenson II (1900 – 1965), US diplomat and Unitarian, born on this day