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“Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.” George MacDonald (1824 – 1905), novelist, poet and Congregational minister

“To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. ‘Tis much better to do a little with certainty, and leave the rest for others that come after you, than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing.” Isaac Newton (1643 –Continue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 4th January”

“I’ve learnt that no one is too small to make a difference…The real power belongs to the people…All we have to do is to wake up and change.” Greta Thunberg, climate activist, born on this day in 2003

“You are waterproof. It is easier to learn to be soaked and happy than to learn how to stop the rain.” Matt Haig

“What if one dayyou come to the realizationthat you never again have to explainyourself away to anyone any more,or that you no longer must carrythe burden of another’s false perception of youor your own perceived inadequaciesand you could relax, finally,in knowing you’re incrediblein the light you are standing inat this moment.And what if you goContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 1st January”

“It has been one of the greatest and most difficult years of my life. I learned everything is temporary. Moments. Feelings. People. Flowers. I learned love is about giving- everything- and letting it hurt. I learned vulnerability is always the right choice because it is easy to be cold in a world that makes itContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 31st December”

“Oscar Wilde said that if you know what you want to be, then you inevitably become it – that is your punishment, but if you never know, then you can be anything. There is a truth to that. We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing – an actor, a writerContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 30th December”

“Speak well of those who speak evil of you. Pay good for evil. Pray for those who cause you various offences, wrongs, temptations, persecutions. Whatever you do, on no account condemn anyone; do not even try to judge whether a person is good or bad, but keep your eyes on that one person for whomContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 29th December”

“Each step forwards to become the person we are makes it harder to go backwards, to return to the shadowy, private world of closed doors and shuttered windows. The experience, the awakening of one’s true self, after being so long suppressed, can never be adequately explained with language.” Lili Elbe (born Einar Wegener), painter andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 28th December”

“It is enough, the now, and though it comes without anything, it gives me everything. With it I can repopulate the world. I can bring forth new worlds in underground shelters while the bombs are dropping above; I can do it in lifeboats as the ship goes down; I can do it in prisons withoutContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 27th December”