“A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration, when I enter a great city by night, that every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret; that every room in every one of them encloses itsContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 30th April”
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Thought for the day, Monday 29th April
“Happiness and unhappiness inter-are. Happiness can be present only if unhappiness is present, and vice versa. It’s like the rose and the garbage. Without the garbage, there can be no rose. If there is no rose, there can be no garbage. If you have the know-how, you can transform garbage into roses. If you don’tContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 29th April”
Thought for the day, Sunday 28th April
“Draw well water. The cold shakes my teeth. I clear my heart, brush the dust from my robes, and solemnly lift a palm leaf book. I recite with each step to the east to study all. I have not yet found the root of the truth – overlooked it as I pursued this life’s path.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 28th April”
Thought for the day, Saturday 27th April
“Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.” Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797), author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, born on this day
Thought for the day, Friday 26th April
“If anyone can prove and show to me that I think and act in error, I will gladly change it – for I seek the truth, by which no one has ever been harmed. The one who is harmed is the one who abides in deceit and ignorance.” Meditations, 6.21 by Marcus Aurelius (121 –Continue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 26th April”
Thought for the day, Thursday 25th April “What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.” Ella Fitzgerald (1917 – 1996), born on this day
Thought for the day, Wednesday 24th April
“Simply to be, and to let things be as they speak wordlessly from the mystery of what they are; simply to say a silent yes to the hillside flowers, to the trees we walk under; to pass from one person to another a morsel of bread, an answering yes: this is the simplest, the quietest,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 24th April”
Thought for the day, Tuesday 23rd April
“These our actors,As I foretold you, were all spirits, andAre melted into air, into thin air;And like the baseless fabric of this vision,The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces,The solemn temples, the great globe itself,Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve;And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuffAs dreams areContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 23rd April”
Thought for the day, Monday 22nd April
EARTH DAY “The Everglades preservationist Marjorie Stoneman Douglas once remarked that the Earth is as tough as an old shoe. On Earth Day, take comfort in its endurance, its perseverance, and its sheer stubbornness. We’ve proved that wetlands can be rehabilitated and endangered species can be saved. Likewise your own spirit, your beleaguered capacity toContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 22nd April”
Thought for the day, Sunday 21st April
World Creativity and Innovation Day “Better to try all things and find all empty, than to try nothing and leave your life a blank…What you want to ignite in others must first burn inside yourself.” Charlotte Brontë (1816 – 1855), born on this day
King Edward Street Chapel 