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From The Celtic Spirit: Daily Meditations for the Turning Year by Caitlin Matthews, “Expectation and Remembrance ‘Still thou art blest, compar’d wi’ me!The present only toucheth thee:But, och! I backward cast my ee,Oh prospects drear!An’ forward tho’ I canna see,I guess an’ fear!’Robert Burns, To a Mouse It is only humans who fetter themselves withContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 15th October”

“Often when with deliberationI set out to enjoy nature with a capital ‘N’,my eagerness and expectationlead to disappointment once again.But if, without intent, I step outsidemerely to hang my washing on the line,I am completely overwhelmed by the fineOctober day:the singing birds, the sparkling light,the falling leaves put to flightall introspection, I belongto the simpleContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 14th October”

Eagle Poem by Joy Harjo, US Poet Laureate and member of the Muscogee Nation,“To pray you open your whole selfTo sky, to earth, to sun, to moonTo one whole voice that is you.And know there is moreThat you can’t see, can’t hear;Can’t know except in momentsSteadily growing, and in languagesThat aren’t always sound but otherCirclesContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 13th October”

Colour and Fragrance by Norbert Fabián Čapek, founder of the Unitarian Church in Prague, who was executed on this day in 1942 in Dachau concentration camp,“Colour and fragrance, magical rhythm,sweet changing music will change us with them:life within life, inner light gently glowing,surely you seem to be God’s vision growing.O starry heavens, worlds of allContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 10th October”

“Let us pay attention to our breathing.Let us be relaxed in our bodies and minds.Let us be at peace with our bodies and minds.Let us return to ourselves and become wholly ourselves.Let us be aware of the source of being that is common to us all, and to all living things.Evoking the presence of theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 11th October”

“Past is gone, present is going, and tomorrow is day after tomorrow’s yesterday. So why worry about anything? God is in all this.”R K Narayan (1906 – 2001), born on this day

“Above all, try always to be able to feel deeply any injustice committed against any person in any part of the world. It is the most beautiful quality of a revolutionary.”Che Guevara, revolutionary and physician, who died on this day in 1967

Imagine by John Lennon, released on this day in 1971, “Imagine there’s no heavenIt’s easy if you tryNo hell below usAbove us only skyImagine all the peopleLiving for today Imagine there’s no countriesIt isn’t hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion, tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peaceYou You may say I’mContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 8th October”

“Forgiving and being reconciled to our enemies or our loved ones are not about pretending that things are other than they are. It is not about patting one another on the back and turning a blind eye to the wrong. True reconciliation exposes the awfulness, the abuse, the hurt, the truth. It could even sometimesContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 7th October”

“Borders. I have never seen one, but I have heard they exist in the minds of some people.”Thor Heyerdahl (1914 – 2002), ethnographer and adventurer, born on this day