“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. ...
When I planned and launched my new website, I knew there might be teething problems during the transition from the old system to the new - and so it has proved to be. My website team (Headweb) has been wonderful, and between us all we tested and re-tested the technology, but despite all our efforts […]
This morning I found myself sitting in the doctor's surgery (a checkup, to confirm that I am very well) and, this being a small place, was joined by half a dozen people all of whom I know. Not unnaturally the discussion turned to health, and one of the farmers started to list the people in […]
Yesterday the dawn, today the sunrise. My sleep last night was accompanied by the sounds of heavy rain and the thundering waters of the River Wye tumbling through the Cambrian mountains, and it was quite a shock to wake to a cold, clear, calm, beautiful morning, the sun just emerging in a red sky with […]
The new dawn.... this is how it feels, the time before the day begins, and with a difference. It is twenty four hours before my new website goes live, and I have a sense of inevitabiltiy mixed in with some uncertainty about the project. It feels right but it is ambitious, and could prove to […]
