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Mettika from the Therigatha (Songs of the Nuns), poems composed by early female followers of the Buddha, “Though I am weak and tired now,And my youthful step long gone,Leaning on this staff,I climb the mountain peak.My cloak cast off, my bowl overturned,I sit here on this rock.And over my spirit blowsThe breathOf liberty.”

Psalm for Body Beginnings by Celeste Snowber, “Each day the petalsunfold their face to the skyan act of surrenderopen hearted to breathefor a new dayAwait each breath as if it was pristineyour lungs living in the glory ofinhabiting air for the first timeeverything is old todayeverything is new todayall your issues remainfamily, finances, relationships, workContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 28th March”

“Want what you have. Do what you can. Be who you are.” UU Minister Forrest Church (1948 – 2009)

A Prayer in Spring by Robert Frost, born on this day in 1874 “Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;And give us not to think so far awayAs the uncertain harvest; keep us hereAll simply in the springing of the year. Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,Like nothing else by day, likeContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 26th March”

“A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own. The great instrument of moral good is the imagination.” Percy Bysshe Shelley, expelled from Oxford University on this day in 1811Continue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 25th March”

Pathless by Alfred K Lamotte, ““There is strength in gentleness… gentler, gentler, so gentle it hardly has any substance… the breath of Silence. Then it is infinitely powerful, infinitely creative.” ~Maharishi Mahesh YogiThat path is bestwhose first breath is allyou will ever needbecause it is the streamof wonderthat created the world,whirling earthand stars like milkweedoverContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 24th March”

Greeting the Spring by David Ensley, “Sing of the EAST, the realm of AIR,There gifts of sight and wisdom fair.Dancing March breeze on this blest morn.We celebrate the SPRING newly born. Sing of the SOUTH, where FIRE burns bright,There gifts of passion and ardent light.Length’ning warm days on this blest morn.We celebrate the SPRING newlyContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 23rd March”

“Promise me,Promise me this day,Promise me now,While the Sun is overhead exactly at the zenith.Promise me,Even as they strike you down with a mountain of hatred and violence,Even as they step on you and crush you like a worm,Even as they dismember and disembowel you,Remember brother,Remember, man is not our enemy.The only thing worthy ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 22nd March”

“The soul is a breath of living spirit, that with excellent sensitivity, permeates the entire body to give it life.Just so, the breath of the air makes the earth fruitful.Thus the air is the soul of the earth, moistening it, greening it… The air, with its penetrating strength, characterizes the victorious banner that is trust.ItContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 21st March”

“Building bridges between our divisions,I reach out to you; Will you reach out to me?With all of our voices and all of our visions,Friends, we could make such sweet harmony.”Greenham Common Women