“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. ...
I have written recently about the importance of biodiversity for the survival of the planet and humanity, at a time when species are becoming extinct at a rate that is so fast it is unsustainable. Against this background it is heartening to learn today that scientists from Conservation International who have been exploring in Papua […]
What is occurring in Thailand right now is symbolic of what will be happening more and more in other parts of the world. It could be seen to be a battle between light and dark, even if, more prosaically, it is about the people of Thailand's right to have more say in the governing of […]
It is very peaceful here in mid-Wales today. The chilly weather has gone and we have a windless, sunny warm day. It is amazing how nature knows ahead of time what is going to happen. The night before the weather became wintry again, the swallows and flycatchers, all the insect eating birds, flew around the […]
It has not been widely reported, but three golden eagles have been found dead in Scotland. It is believed they were poisoned. It is ironic, to put it mildly, that gamekeepers kill such magnificent birds in order to protect the game birds that are reared for commercially driven shooting sport. The practice of killing raptors […]
So, the British people now have a government after five days of highs and lows. It was interesting to observe how so many of the politicians involved underestimated totally the intelligence of those people, failing to see that their drive for power and to retain power was blatent and unedifying, serving only to confirm the […]
Amidst all the brouhaha about the Euro and politics, It was wonderful to hear on the BBC today serious discussion and advocacy about the importance of biodiversity. One specialist in the subject said that it was as important as global warming since the survival of the human species depended on it. The fact that preserving […]
