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“Give me twenty-six soldiers of lead and I will conquer the world.” Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the moveable printing press, who printed the first printed bible on or around this day in 1455

“Ten years ago—feeling lost in my work, the world’s madness, the challenges of aging, and the wilds of my own mind—I spent a week in solitude and silence, hoping to be found. I rented a small cabin with a wood-burning stove out in Wisconsin’s deep-frozen winter woods. For a week I did little more thanContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 22nd February”

“I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.” Paulo Coelho

“May we find the world to be so beautiful, and life so richly and meaningfully shared, that we shall want this to be true, more often, for more people, everywhere.” Unitarian Universalist minister Jacob Trapp (1899 – 1992)

“To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.” Nicolaus Copernicus, born on this day in 1473

“At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.”Toni Morrison, born on this day in 1931

“We are vanishing from the earth, yet I cannot think we are useless or else Usen would not have created us. He created all tribes of men and certainly had a righteous purpose in creating each… There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 17th February”

“We live within an earth full of wild reciprocity, each being- the rooted, feathered, winged, furred and scaled all bring their own medicine, their own purpose to themselves and to their wild community.Our bodies, woven from nature, are made of this love.So gifted are we with tools that show us our care, that speak ourContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 16th February”

“In meditationmy mind wanders,but I don’t. In meditationthe moth keeps dancingaround the flame.The moth is the Lord.I am the flame. In meditationthe sea is wildand the boat is small.It is a dangerous crossing.The ferryman paddlesfuriously. My back to the waves,I sit in the bowcalling to the boatman,“Follow me!I will lead you to the other shorewhereContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 15th February”

Second Sight by David Whyte, “Sometimes, you need the ocean light,and colors you’ve never seen beforepainted through an evening sky. Sometimes you need your Godto be a simple invitationnot a telling word of wisdom. Sometimes you need only the first shynessthat comes from being shown thingsfar beyond your understanding, so that you can fly andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 14th February”