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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty “The only way to end poverty is to address its root causes: inequality, discrimination, and lack of access to education and opportunity.” Michelle Obama

World Food Day “How generously the pecan trees shower us with food, literally giving of themselves so that we can live. But in the giving, their lives are also ensured. Living by the precepts of the Honorable Harvest — to take only what is given, to use it well, to be grateful for the gift,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 16th October”

“I am a forest and a night of dark trees.But he who is not afraid of my darkness,will find banks full of roses undermy cypresses.” Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900), born on this day Art by Elihu Vedder (1836 – 1923)

“Do not love half loversDo not entertain half friendsDo not indulge in works of the half talentedDo not live half a lifeand do not die a half deathIf you choose silence, then be silentWhen you speak, do so until you are finishedDo not silence yourself to say somethingAnd do not speak to be silentIf youContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 14th October”

“Without love, there can be no joy or happiness, no beauty, no harmony in the world.Even if hundreds of raindrops fall from the cloud, no secret pearls can be found in the sea without the rhythms of love.” Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian Sufi poet and scholar (1207 – 1273)

“To adore God through his creation particularly his creatures, to praise him by cheerfully helping to leave creation better than we found it, to believe in him by believing in the triumphant end of all those are made in his image. This is saving faith, this is salvation.” Ramsay MacDonald (1866 – 1937), British PrimeContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 12th October”

International Day of the Girl Child “In the New Testament, the Master reminded His followers that when the merchant had found the Pearl of Great Price, he sold all that he had in order to buy it. That is the parable of Militancy! It is that which the women warriors are doing to-day. Some areContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 11th October”

World Mental Health Day “When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.” Margaret J. Wheatley, founder of Warriors for the Human Spirit

“The natural world is the larger sacred community to which we belong. To be alienated from this community is to become destitute in all that makes us human. To damage this community is to diminish our own existence.” Thomas Berry (1914 – 2009), Catholic priest, scholar of world religions and self-titled ‘geologian’

“Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking, so that humanity stops threatening its life-support system. We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own – indeed, to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 8th October”