Author Archives: veerjih

“In a village there was a beautiful statue of a Mahatma (great sage) with outstretched arms. On a plaque beneath the statue, these words were inscribed, “Come into my arms.”Over the years, the arms broke off. The villagers loved the statue and were very upset. They gathered together to try to decide what to do.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 30th May”

She Told Me the Earth Loves Us by Anne Haven McDonnell “She said it softly, without a needfor conviction or romance.After everything? I asked, ashamed. That’s not the kind of love she meant.She walked through a field of graybeetle-bored pine, snags branching like polished bone. I forget sometimeshow trees look at me with the generosityofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 29th May”

“One of our most important tasks as Unitarians is to convince others that there is nothing to fear in difference; that difference, in fact, is one of the most healthy and invigorating human characteristics, without which life would become meaningless. Here lies the power of the liberal way: not in making the whole world Unitarian,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 28th May”

“Do not measure in terms of time: one year or ten years means nothing. For the artist there is no counting or tallying up; just ripening like the tree that does not force its sap and endures the storms of spring without fearing that summer will not come. But it will come. It comes, however,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 27th May”

“O God please grant meenough anger to tackle wrongdoingenough pride in family, friends and communityenough deceit to pay attention to the tender feelings of othersenough envy to admire people’s good deedsenough avarice to hoard the world’s resourcesenough fear to avoid dangerous livingenough gluttony to savour every flavourenough lust to live life to the fullenough slothContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 26th May”

“To laugh often and much;To win the respect of intelligent people andthe affection of children;To earn the approbation of honest critics and endurethe betrayal of false friends;To appreciate beauty;To find the best in others;To give of one’s self;To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child,a garden patch, or a redeemed socialContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 25th May”

“The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great. And the outward work can never be great or even good if the inward one is puny or of little worth. The inward work invariably includes in itself all expansiveness, all breadth, all length, all depth. Such a work receives and drawsContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 24th May”

Vesak (Buddha Day) “Buddha taught that everybody—every living being without exception—has the potential to awaken… Buddha for me is that awakened mind itself—that totally open, unbiased, unprejudiced mind and heart. I resonate with that, and I come back again and again to that mind and heart as the motivating factor of my life. I thinkContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 23rd May”

“As the spring planting season comes to a close, say a prayer of gratitude for the softness of the earth. A perfectly solid and impermeable tract of land would allow no access for the plow or the trowel, no nurturing crevice or cranny for seeds to enter and take root. The lesson applies to ourselvesContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 22nd May”

“Just by breathing in and out and smiling, we have a flower to offer. The more we practice breathing and smiling, the more beautiful our flower will become. A flower doesn’t have to do anything to be of service, it only has to be a flower. That is enough. Being truly there is enough toContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 21st May”