“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. ...
A sleepy feeling is starting to come upon the world, a sense that the media is looking for interesting news stories because there are not many around, and that people are preparing for holidays. The main issues continue to be BP and the economic situation, but, weeks on, nothing much seems to be happening to change […]
There has been, overall, a subdued, respectful reaction to the Saville Report into the events in Northern Ireland thirty eight years ago in which 13 people died. The unequivocal findings were so clear that there was no room for political capital, nor any desire for it. Yesterday was a day when honesty and transparency were […]
I had the opportunity yesterday to join a local nature group for a few hours, the intent being to explore an area of mountain grassland not far from my home. I was a little disconcerted to find myself the only amateur among a group of experienced and highly knowledgeable entomologists and ornithologists (all men!), but […]
I may be one of just a handful of people who is unmoved by the the football World Cup which has just begun. I am unlikely to watch it, but if the England team does well then I will be happy for all its supporters, even though I feel more Welsh than English! It is […]
The oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is bringing to light many aspects of the character of man, some of them admirable, some of them less so. We may see the compassion of the many who seek out and tend the damaged birds and animals; we may see the dignity and integrity of some […]
Many of the bird visitors from the south are getting ready to return home, having achieved their purpose of producing young in a temporate climate. I will miss them. They have been here a few weeks, but their departure is a sign that we are nearing the summer solstice and that soon the nights will […]
