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Beannacht by John O’Donohue, written for his mother Josie,“On the day whenthe weight deadenson your shouldersand you stumble,may the clay danceto balance you.And when your eyesfreeze behindthe grey windowand the ghost of lossgets in to you,may a flock of colours,indigo, red, greenand azure bluecome to awaken in youa meadow of delight.When the canvas fraysin theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 1st November”

A Samhain Invocation by Laura Dobson (me)Spirits of Samhain, be with us as we celebrate Samhain in peace and honour the sanctity of our holy home, the Earth.Spirits of the East, Purity of Air, Great Wind, who blew our ancestors here from over the sea, bring us your inspiration, that we may know our breathContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 31st October”

The story of Israel Goy by Rabbi Menachem Brod, “In the city of Krakow, Poland, there lived a rich Jew by the name of Israel who was famous for his stinginess. The local beggars had long since given up trying to knock at his door. All attempts by the trustees of the community’s various charityContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 30th October”

The Meaning of Love by Sufi poet Rumi, “Both light and shadoware the dance of Love. Love has no cause;it is the astrolabe of God’s secrets. Lover and Loving are inseparableand timeless. Although I may try to describe Lovewhen I experience it I am speechless. Although I may try to write about LoveI am renderedContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 29th October”

“The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.”Philosopher and theologian Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (commonly known as Erasmus), born on this day in 1466

From The Celtic Spirit: Daily Meditations for the Turning Year by Caitlin Matthews,“Unleashing Joy‘He who binds to himself a joyDoes a winged life destroy;But he who kisses the joy as it fliesLives in eternity’s sunrise.’William Blake, EternityJoy is not a creature of the cupboard; it is wild, free, and profligate, spending itself in one greatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 27th October”

“How can you sing of Amazing Grace? How can you sing prayerfully of heaven and earth and all God’s wonders without using your hands? My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.”Mahalia Jackson, ‘Queen of Gospel’ singer (1911 – 1972), born on this day.It was Mahalia JacksonContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 26th October”

“Men and boys are learning all kinds of trades – except how to make men of themselves. They learn to make houses; but they are not so well housed, they are not so contented in their houses, as the woodchucks in their holes. What is the use of a house if you haven’t got aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 25th October”

“Do you not know? Have you not heard?The Lord is God from old, Creator of the earth from end to end,He never grows faint or weary,His wisdom cannot be fathomed.He gives strength to the weary, fresh vigour to the spent.Youths may grow faint and weary, and young men stumble and fall;But they who trust inContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 24th October”

“A lot of people try to counteract the ‘I am not good enough’ with ‘I am good enough.’ In other words, they take the opposite and they try to invest it. That still keeps the world at the level of polarities. The art is to go behind the polarities. So the act is to goContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 23rd October”