“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. ...
In my last Commentary I talked about the significance in Saturday's full moon, which was about conclusions and endings, and the importance of setting the tone for your next long cycle through how you were on that day. Someone e-mailed in the afternoon, rather concerned because she had just read what I had written and […]
Another full moon today, but this time of some significance, symbolising death and rebirth, the ending of old cycles in preparation for new ones to come both personal and global. How you deal with today will determine what happens for the rest of your life. Yes, that sounds dramatic, I know! I believe it to […]
Today, this very day, there are many instances of vested interest driving the world agenda. The ongoing conference on whaling seems unable to prevent expansion of the trade; oil industry lobby groups have overturned the ban on deep water drilling imposed by the US President; and the different interest groups in the UK are protesting […]
While the news media has chosen to focus on the British budget today along with football, it was heartening to hear prominence being given to research which is to be undertaken to explore why bees are in decline and what to do about it. For years, government spending in this area has been reducing as […]
The summer solstice... and this part of the planet, here in mid-Wales, is looking its best. It is a still, calm day with clear blue skies, and the colours of the trees and the plants are vibrant still. There is a sense of gratitude - certainly from me for the beauty of the day and […]
I am no advocate for BP, a company however which is learning and teaching hard lessons about corporate responsibility and complacency. Many people involved in similar lucrative but potentially risky businesses will be thinking, in the wake of the Gulf oil leak, "There but for the grace of God go I". It is such […]
