“Don’t you imagine the leaves dream now how comfortable it will be to touch theearth instead of the nothingness of the air and the endless freshets of wind?”Mary Oliver, from Song for Autumn ...
May your prayers be answered well today. It cannot happen unless you ask – and there always is something to pray for if you look around and within you. ...
Yes, you are in service – but what does it mean? Often it is misunderstood, for in truth it is much more about being than doing.The spiritual Law of Service says that it is all about living, being and working in the world with an awareness for the needs of others, a wish to do your best and without attachment to getting personal gain or benefit from it. Keep it simple and remember, with a loving heart whatever you do you cannot fail. ...
In the early morning dawn today bats flew happily through dripping trees and wind-tossed leaves as the warm damp weather encouraged a multitude of insects to flourish and feed them. Grey and mysterious yet rich with the promise of autumn colour, the natural world rejoiced. ...
People have stopped pretending now. Certain world leaders have abandoned their claims of upholding truth and right clearly for political and personal self-service, but it will backfire. When weakness is visible vulnerability is exploited, while the pursuer of good becomes strengthened.What interesting, fragile times we live in. ...
This week, here in the UK, decisions resulting from reviews of national security, defence and national spending are being announced, and the decisions arising will change the image, structure and behaviour of the country more fundamentally than anything we have experienced since the 1920s. It is a great opportunity to strip away the illusion of […]
In these times of concerns about defence, economics, terrorism and cyber threats, it was heartening to hear Melinda Gates, wife of Microsoft's Bill Gates, talking about the work that she and her husband do to help the poor in the most deprived parts of the world. They have made billions of dollars, but want as […]
In the UK there has been an analysis of what are the biggest threats to its welfare and safety. On the list are issues such as cyber-wars, terrorism, natural disasters and military aggression, but diminishing planetary resources and biodiversity are not prominent among them - if considered at all. They should be top of the list. […]
The anticipation of 2012 and the earth changes associated with it are causing some people to wonder, with just over a year to go, if it is worthwhile beginning long term projects or whether they should put their lives on hold until "it" is over. My approach is simple, and it is that life goes […]
It was extraordinary, yesterday, to switch between television channels in many different parts of the world and to find the same pictures on every one - the rescue of the Chilean miners. And deservedly so. It was a tale of bravery, character, technical brilliance, human determination and of miracles. It was an event that was […]
Linda Norgrove, the aid worker who was killed in Afghanistan at the weekend, was the epitome of community consciousness. From what we know of her now, she was a woman of courage and conviction, driven by a desire to help people in the remotest and most difficult parts of the world out of love for […]
