“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 heard someone this morning talking about how we can use the signs in nature to find our direction without needing to use compasses, maps and sat-nav. Even though I know which way is north and south from where I live, I have spent a little time today practising what he taught: this included observing […]
I awoke yesterday and the energies around me felt quite changed. It felt calmer, invigorated, purposeful, exciting, and that sense of change and adventure is with me still. Usually I am well aware of the different phases of the moon, but this time I had forgotten or overlooked the fact that it was the new […]
Isn't it interesting that we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about our ocean deeps? So many secrets wait to be discovered about our wonderful planet. When they are revealed they will change our understanding of our home (and beyond) so fundamentally it will be startling, like discovering the earth […]
A pair of red kites has flown past my window and are soaring and somersaulting over the water meadow beyond, now. They are what is known as "displaying", doing aerial acrobats sometimes together sometimes separated but always in unison, and from time to time they brush wings against each other as part of their courtship […]
Today has been remarkable, filled with the unexpected. It was to have been a busy one anyway, with more than the usual number of clients and an early start, which is why I am writing my commentary late in the day. In between there have been a number of unscheduled calls, in person and by […]
As above, so below... It was, initially, quite startling to learn this week that a traditional practice which I thought to be reducing through common sense is far more prevalent than ever. It is the tradition that many babies born female are killed at birth in the belief that boy children are more desirable, necessary […]
