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Tradition ascribes this day in the year 610 CE as the date on which the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) began to receive the revelation later transcribed as the Qur’an, which begins,“In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of all the worlds,The Most Compassionate, theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 10th August”

“The sanest man sets up no deed, lays down no law,Takes everything that happens as it comes,As something to animate, not to appropriate,To earn, not to own,To accept naturally without self-importance:If you never assume importance,You never lose it.”Lao Tzu (BCE 604 – 531), Chinese philosopher and author of the Tao Te Ching, quoted in FragmentsContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 9th August”

“If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 8th August”

“A sharp mind will find a truth for itself.A humble spirit will find a truth higher than itself.Truth is not the property of intellectuals, but of those who know how to escape their own selves.”Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

Today is the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. ‘Hiroshima Child’ by Nazim Hikmet“I come and stand at every doorBut none can hear my silent treadI knock and yet remain unseenFor I am dead for I am deadI’m only seven though I diedIn Hiroshima long agoI’m seven now as I was thenWhenContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 6th August”

“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself – the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us – that’s where it’s at…Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it and you’ll start believing it.”Jesse Owens, winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic games,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 5th August”

“Love is a reciprocal feeling. Just as water will mirror the face that peers into it similarly love is a reflection of hearts. Rhythm is the basis of life, not steady forward progress. The forces of creation, destruction, and preservation have a whirling, dynamic interaction. We must learn not to disassociate the airy flower fromContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 4th August”

“To worship is to stand in awe under a heaven of stars,before a flower, a leaf in sunlight, or a grain of sand.To worship is to be silent, receptive, before a tree astir with the wind,or the passing of a cloud.To worship is to work with dedication and skill;it is to pause from work andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 3rd August”

Welcome Morning by Anne Sexton (1928 – 1974),“There is joyin all:in the hair I brush each morning,in the Cannon towel, newly washed,that I rub my body with each morning,in the chapel of eggs I cookeach morning,in the outcry from the kettlethat heats my coffeeeach morning,in the spoon and the chairthat cry “hello there, Anne”each morning,inContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 2nd August”

Prayer to the Earth Goddess by Danu Forest,“Goddess of this sacred earth be before me, goddess behind me,Goddess of the green fields and the golden, be over me and beneath me,Goddess of the dun earth and the green shoots be within me and without me,Goddess of the mothers and the children lead me,Cast your protectionContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 1st August”