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“Be present. I would encourage you with all my heart just to be present. Be present and open to the moment that is unfolding before you. Because, ultimately, your life is made up of moments. So don’t miss them by being lost in the past or anticipating the future.” Jessica Lange, born on this dayContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 20th April”

“The truth “I exist” is self-evident. You may deny God by saying, “God is just a belief,” but existence cannot be refuted. That existence, that Cosmic Power, is God. God has no separate hands, legs, eyes, or body, other than our own. He moves through our hands, He walks with our legs, He sees throughContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 19th April”

“”Sacred writings are bound in two volumes – that of creation and that of the Holy Scriptures… Visible creatures are like a book in which we read the knowledge of God. One has every right to call God’s creatures God’s “works,” for they express the divine mind just as effects manifest their cause..” Thomas AquinasContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 18th April”

“This is the time when the earth is renewing herself peacefully, marvellously, victoriously. No power on earth may push back this triumphant tide of life… We are grateful that we ourselves as part of this great and glorious ordering… All unseen, the goodness of the air blesses every cell and fibre of our bodies, whileContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 17th April”

“There is a time to live, a time to die, a time to laugh, and at no time are the three of them very far apart… Blessed are the cracked, for they let in the light.” Spike Milligan (1918 – 2002), born on this day

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Leonardo de Vinci (1452 – 1519), born on this day

“Self-love is the form and root of all friendship. Well-ordered self-love is right and natural – so much so that the person who hates himself or herself sins against nature. To know and to appreciate your own worth is no sin.” Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225 – 1274)

“I used to think that achieving inner peacewould make my heart look like a calm lakeI thought being in harmony meant:no ripplesno wavesno lapping shores~ just still waterit turns out that serenityisn’t the absence of movementin fact ~ it’s quite the oppositebecause the more peace I feelthe more my heart churnsand bubbles like a lakeContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 13th April”

“We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each other and that the greatest happiness in life is not how much we have but how much we give. That’s a wealth that’s priceless. You can’t buy compassion.. The most valuable things inContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 12th April”

“It is said that young loves autumn best because it promises the fruits of maturity, but that age loves spring best because it recalls the freshness of beginnings. When we have come into that quiet place that age opens us to, into the secret, walled garden of remembrance, the deeds of our lives seem ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 11th April”