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“We often hear grown-up people complaining of having to hang about a railway station and wait for a train. Did you ever hear a small boy complain of having to hang about a railway station and wait for a train? No; for to him to be inside a railway station is to be inside aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 3rd October”

“My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.” Mahatma Gandhi, born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on this day in 1869

Return Again, a traditional Jewish song, sung during the Days of Awe (the 10 day period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, when people seek to bring themselves back into alignment with themselves, each other, the earth and God): “Return again, return againReturn to the land of your soulReturn again, return againReturn to the landContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 1st October”

Autumn Day by Rainer Maria Rilke “Lord: it is time. The summer was generous.Lay your shadows onto the sundialsand let loose the winds upon the fields.Command the last fruits to be full,give them yet two more southern days,urge them to perfection, and chasethe last sweetness into the heavy wine.Who now has no house, builds noContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 30th September”

Blessing in the Storm by Jan Richardson “I cannot claimto still the stormthat has seized you,cannot calmthe waves that washthrough your soul,that break againstyour fierce andaching heart.But I will wadeinto these waters,will stand with youin this storm,will say peace to youin the waves,peace to youin the winds,peace to youin every momentthat finds you stillwithin theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 29th September”

“In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.” Confucius, born on this day in 55 BC

“Many of us consider growing up as a kind of increasing, and getting old as a kind of decreasing. When we say that humans go from ashes to ashes and from dust to dust, it doesn’t sound very joyful, because none of us wants to return to dust. It is our mind of discrimination thatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 27th September”

“I know a person who is convinced their deceased brother is in hell because of who they lovedI told them that if hell is real, I don’t think it is a destinationI believe hell is a campsite that gets formed in the hearts of people who judge others for living a life that they refuseContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 26th September”

“Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. To build for humanity a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just.” Dag Hammarskjöld, UN Secretary-General and Unitarian, who died on this day in 1961

“Our heart is the altar. In whatever you do let a spark of the holy fire burn within you, so that you may fan it into a flame.” Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, known as the Baal Shem Tov (c.1698 – 1760)