Thought for the day, Tuesday 28th March

“Water soundless, a wandering stream skirts bamboo forest. And west of Bamboo, wildflowers delight in gentle spring.Facing all this under thatch eaves, I sit through the day not a single bird. No song. Mountain quiet goes deeper still.” Wang An-Shih (1021 – 1086)

Thought for the day, Monday 27th March

“Hope is about the possible; despair is about the impossible.” Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274) Hope in a Prison of Despair by Evelyn de Morgan

Thought for the day, Sunday 26th March

“The interdependence of all living things is something we often take for granted. It goes unnoticed in the daily round, so we forget that what happens in one place has its effect upon another place. It is only now that deforestation has been revealed to be a terrible legacy to our children that we begin

Thought for the day, Saturday 25th March

“With maturity comes the wish to economize – to be more simple. Maturity is the period when one finds the just measure.” Béla Bartok, composer and Unitarian, born on this day in 1881

Thought for the day, Friday 24th March

“My peace, O my brothers, is in solitude,And my Beloved is with me always,For His love I can find no substitute.” Rabia al-Adawiyya (717 – 801)

Thought for the day, Thursday 23rd March

“No longer conscious of my movement, I discovered a new unity with nature. I had found a new source of power and beauty, a source I never dreamt existed.” Roger Bannister (born on this day in 1929) on running the first sub four-minute mile

Thought for the day, Wednesday 22nd March

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WATER “Let us bless the humility of water,Always willing to take the shapeOf whatever otherness holds it,The buoyancy of water,Stronger than the deadening,Downward drag of gravity,The innocence of water,Flowing forth, without thoughtOf what awaits it,The refreshment of water,Dissolving the crystals of thirst.Water: voice of grief,Cry of love,In the flowing tear.Water: vehicle and

Thought for the day, Tuesday 21st March

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS “When I am among the trees,especially the willows and the honey locustequally the beech, the oaks and the pines,they give off such hints of gladness.I would almost say that they save me, and daily.I am so distant from the hope of myself,in which I have goodness, and discernment,and never hurry through

Thought for the day, Monday 20th March

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HAPPINESS “For real happiness, a warm heart is more important than a brilliant mind. Remember that your best, most reliable friend is your own intelligence and your own warmheartedness. Let this be your guide to a happy life.” His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Thought for the day, Sunday 19th March

Love Song to the Great Mother by Mirabai Starr “Beloved One,Our sister, Mother Earth,Sacred Woman, Holy Girl,Crucible of Mercy and Fire of Truth,Thank you.We have called and you have come. You descend on the wings of pain,the wings of joy,Bringing solace and vitality.You rise through the roots of the treesSpreading shelter, offering refuge.You enter through