International Mother Earth Day “howl up the moon.bask in starlight andbathe in stories.make friends with dandelions.listen to the trees.walk out of your house barefootand let the grasswhisper poems to your toes.sigh.feast on cloud shapes.gulp the sunset.let the wind play with your hairlike a lover.sing the wild geese intonight’s grand unfurling.ask a caterpillar for a dance.cloakContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 22nd April”
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Thought for the day, Monday 21st April
World Creativity and Innovation Day “You advise me, too, not to stray far from the ground of experience, as I become weak when I enter the region of fiction; and you say, “real experience is perennially interesting, and to all men.” I feel that this also is true; but, dear Sir, is not the realContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 21st April”
Thought for the day, Sunday 20th April
Easter Sunday “And just when the darknessbecame too much to bearand the struggle too hard,the light broke throughand the caterpillar emergeda butterflydelicate but unbroken,wild and gentle,finally free to spread its lovely wingsand fly away on the wind.” L.R. Knost, writer
Thought for the day, Saturday 19th April
Holy Saturday “My heart is so smallit’s almost invisible.How can You placesuch big sorrows in it?“Look,” He answered,“your eyes are even smaller,yet they behold the world.” Rumi
Thought for the day, Friday 18th April
Good Friday “Every time we make the decision to love someone, we open ourselves to great suffering, because those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. The greatest pain comes from leaving… the pain of the leaving can tear us apart. Still, if we want to avoid the sufferingContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 18th April”
Thought for the day, Thursday 17th April
Maundy Thursday “The grass never sleeps.Or the roses.Nor does the lily have a secret eye that shuts until morning.Jesus said, wait with me. But the disciples slept. The cricket has such splendid fringe on his feet,and it sings, have you noticed, with its whole body,and heaven knows if it ever sleeps. Jesus said, wait withContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 17th April”
Thought for the day, Wednesday 16th April
“I feel I am privileged to express a hope. The hope is this: that we shall have peace throughout the world, that we shall abolish wars and settle all international differences at the conference table, that we shall abolish all atom and hydrogen bombs before they abolish us. The future of the modern world demandsContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 16th April”
Thought for the day, Tuesday 15th April
“Even Kings and Emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare to an ant filled with the love of God.” Guru Nanak (1469 – 1539), founder and first Guru of Sikhism, born on this day
Thought for the day, Monday 14th April
“There are ways in, journeys to the center of life, through time; through air, matter, dream and thought. The ways are not always mapped or charted, but sometimes being lost, if there is such a thing, is the sweetest place to be. And always, in this search, a person might find that she is alreadyContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 14th April”
Thought for the day, Sunday 13th April
Palm Sunday Psalm 31 You as You are by Christine Robinson “I have come to you, O God, please, take me in.Hear my prayers, be my rock, my stronghold, my castle.Help me untangle myself from the web of confusions and self-deceptions that I’m stuck in.I put my trust in you—I give you my life. IContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 13th April”