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“Most High, all-powerful, precious God.No spoken word can hold your name.Praise be to You who births all life,with all Your creatures. Especially you Sir Brother Sun,who is the day and is your light.A beauty so true to you,there you are. There, you are. Praise be to You, my Lord you are, Sister Moon and theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 31st January”

“Years ago, in the bottle-green lightof the cold January sea,two seals suddenly appeared togetherin a single uplifting wave –each in exactly the same relaxed position –each, like a large, black comma, upright and staring;it was like a painting done twiceand, twice, tenderly.The wave hung, then it broke apart;its lip was lightning;its floor was the blowContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 30th January”

“Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.” Anton Chekhov (1860 – 1904), born on this day

“You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.” From Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, published on this day in 1813

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST “We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 27th January”

“Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.” Bessie Coleman (1892 – 1926), first black woman to earn a pilot’s license, born on this day

“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.” Virginia Woolf (1882 – 1941), born on this day

“We need to experience ourselves in such a way that we could say that our real body… is not just what’s inside the skin, but our whole total external environment… because if we don’t experience ourselves that way, we mistreat our environment, we treat it as an enemy… We exploit the world we live in.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 24th January”

“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and in thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are.Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.” Lao-Tzu, 6th century BCE China, translated byContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 23rd January”

“Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.” Jonas Salk (1914 – 1995), medical researcher who developed the first safe polio vaccine