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I found it by Palestinian poet Fadwa Tuqan (1917 – 2003), translated by Charlie Huntington, “I found it on a beautiful, sunny day.I found it after great loss:Fresh verdant soil,Wet and flourishing.I found it as the sun passed over palm treesScattering over the grassy gardensIts golden bouquets.It was an April generous and fertileIn seeds, warmth,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 24th September”

From Fragments of Holiness for Daily Reflection, based on the Buddhist Metta Bhavana (Loving Kindness) meditation,“May I be at peace.May my loved ones be at peace.May those I have never met be at peace.May those I have hurt, knowingly or unknowingly, be at peace.May those who have hurt me, knowingly or unknowingly, be at peace.MayContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 23rd September”

From Earth Wisdom by Glennie Kindred,“Now day and night are equal in both hemispheres.We too experience balance and integration as we reconnect to our inner selves. We become aware of the changing season, which gives us the chance to start again. This is a good time to release the past and move forward with clarityContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 22nd September”

“In India we always pronounce the word peace three times: shanti shanti shanti – peace, peace, peace. Why three times? Because peace has at least three dimensions: inner peace, social peace and ecological peace – making peace with yourself, making peace with the world and making peace with nature.”Satish Kumar

“Let love continue. If we agree in love, there is no disagreement that can do us any injury; but if we do not, no other agreement can do us any good. Let us keep a secret guard against the enemy that sows discord among us. Let us endeavour to keep the unity of spirit inContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 20th September”

“We eat foods whose cells are filled with water that has travelled thousands of miles airborne in flying rivers from the rainforests.We drink that waters that have been circulating through earth, body, river, ocean and cloud upon our planet since water began here billions of years ago – it’s all the same water and waterContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 19th September”

“We are not alone.There are many others,here, alongside of us.Some are just like us.Some are very different.Some are somewhere in between.Some are wiser than us.Some are more intelligent.Some are more advanced.Many are none of these.Minds think.Hearts feel.Bodies move.As it is with us,so too is it with them.Many are just like us on the insidehowever differentContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 18th September”

“Humanity finds itself in the midst of the world.In the midst of all other creatureshumanity is the most significantand yet the most dependent upon the others.Humanity is small in stature,but powerful in strength of soul.With head directed upward,with feet on firm ground,humanity can set all things in motion,things above as well as things below.”Hildegard ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 17th September”

“The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources; or if the planet is our mother, not an opportunity – then we will treatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 16th September”

“There are barriers which divide the righteous and the unrighteous. But we know that each of us is both. There is within us the impulse to be generous, kind, worthy, and decent. And there is within us the impulse to be cruel, mean-spirited, and vengeful. Help us not to see people, ourselves included, as eitherContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 15th September”