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Just One by Denise Bristow, “It only needs one,one tiny lightin a dark hopeless place. It only needs one,one small smileamidst anger and hate. It only needs one,one voice in a crowdwaiting to be heard. It only needs one,one act of truthto overcome fear and lies It only needs one,one hand extendedin friendship and love.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 11th April”

“Our breath is a gift from God. It is what gives us life. It is how we commune with the created world. With each breath we breathe in a little bit of the world around us and it becomes part of our physical body. With every breath we breathe out a little piece of ourContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 10th April”

“There is no humility in pretending you are worthless. Humility is not an obsession over failure. Humility is a sensitivity to that which lies beyond.Humility is when you recognize that, yes, you have talents, you have something to contribute to the world, you have a certain stature and authority—and yet all that has a largerContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 9th April”

“The World is not ours to keep. We hold it in trust for future generations.” Kofi Annan, born on this day in 1938

“I am a living member of the great family of all souls; and I cannot improve or suffer myself, without diffusing good or evil around me through an ever-enlarging sphere. I belong to this family. I am bound to it by vital bonds. I am always exerting influence on it. I can hardly perform anContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 7th April”

“For nothing is fixed,forever, forever, forever,it is not fixed;the earth is always shifting,the light is always changing,the sea does not cease to grind down rock.Generations do not cease to be born,and we are responsible to thembecause we are the only witnesses they have.The sea rises, the light fails,lovers cling to each other,and children cling toContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 6th April”

“The grass does not refuse toflourish in the spring wind.The leaves are not angry atfalling through the autumn sky.Who, with whip or spur.can quicken the feet of time?The things of this worldflourish and decay,each at their own hour.” Li Bai, 8th century CE, China

“We have flown the air like birds and swim the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.” Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated on this day in 1968

The Old Wisdom by environmentalist Jane Goodall, born on this day in 1934, “When the night wind makes the pine trees creakAnd the pale clouds glide across the dark sky,Go out my child, go out and seekYour soul: The Eternal I. For all the grasses rustling at your feetAnd every flaming star that glitters highAboveContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 3rd April”

“When one becomes worthy to hear the song of plants, how each plant speaks its song to God, how beautiful and sweet it is to hear the singing!It is good indeed to serve God in the middle of them all, wandering alone over the fields between growing things.All the speech of the fields then entersContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 2nd April”