Precious Gifts

O what is it

O what is it about having one’s own Babe upon one’s Hip that makes a Woman wish to go home to her Mother? A Desire to say: ‘Look, the Circle is compleat’? A Desire to say: ‘Look, I have cross’d the Divide and now am more like you’? A Desire to say: ‘Look, this Babe … Read more

Freedom and opportunity are

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people. Ed Miliband

When listening to another

When listening to another person, don’t just listen with your mind, listen with your whole body. Feel the energy field of your inner body as you listen.That takes attention away from thinking and creates a still space that enables you to truly listen without the mind interfering. You are giving the other person space-space to … Read more

We won the lottery

We won the lottery in life and life is such a beautiful, precious gift, and we have to savor it, because as far as we know, we are the only living things in the universe, so it is our duty to protect it. Francesca Martinez

The most precious gift

The most precious gift God gave humans is reason. Its best use is the search for knowledge. To know the human environment, to know the earth and galaxies, is to know God. Knowledge (science) is the best form of prayer. Fatema Mernissi

…Gratitude transforms the torment

…Gratitude transforms the torment of memory of good things now gone into silent joy. One bears what was lovely in the past not as a thorn but as a precious gift deep within, a hidden treasure of which one can always be certain. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Time is the most

Time is the most precious gift in our possession, for it is the most irrevocable. This is what makes it so disturbing to look back upon the time which we have lost. Time lost is time when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering. Time … Read more