I have heard
the big music
and I’ll never be the same
something so pure
just called my name

I have drowned
in the big sea
now I find I’m still alive
And I’m coming up forever
shadows all behind me
ecstacy to come

I have climbed the big tree
touched the big sky
I just stuck my
hand up in the air
and everything came into colour
like jazz manna
from sweet chariots

I have seen the big mountain
and I swear I’m halfway there
- You’ll never get there
you’ll never get there
you’ll never get there
- But I will
I will always climb the mountain
because I have heard the big music
and I’ll never be the same
Something so pure
has called
my name

From the album ‘A Pagan Place’ by The – inimitable and awesome – Waterboys.

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Once back in dry clothes and warmer you can see how happy we were to stumble upon Cafebarge !

So, it’s not necessarily about what happens in life, more about what you make of it. Attitude is all. The publications and other things I will talk of next are full of right attitude and I highly commend them to you.

Fresh Light Films produced an excellent documentary and education pack a while ago called ‘Beyond Tolerance’. It is an inspirational record of both past and current learning bringing in themes of identity, values, conflict, dialogue, social action, belief, citizenship, the media and much more. With young people at its core it highlights individual stories, diverse opinions and brings difficult ideas to the fore and accounts of real life to light.

These are really great resources for Religion and Belief Relations: ‘Belief In Dialogue’ and Spiritual Care within the NHS, and beyond: ‘Spiritual Care Matters’ . Last, though by no means least, words of comfort and encouragement: ‘Reflections of Life’ is not currently online though is available in all NHS Chaplaincy resources and spaces.

So, get out there in the world, spread the peace, the love, and the understanding (favourite tune - go Elvis !) and plant seeds in the most unlikely of places .

Ciao for now

If you like the feel of this of this blog/site, please tell others about it so they can feel good too. “Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” (Buddha)

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“Keep your dreams alive the whole of your life, never lose hope, no matter what adversity may beset you. Keep your heart open at all times and keep giving and receiving love and human kindness without end.”

This is what my last post in February said. Today, I take the liberty of saying ‘Hallelujah !’. Whatever it means to you it means ‘Praise Be’ to me. Change is finally coming at last . . . hooray to Bolivia !

Jim says our Linda must have set the ground, I suspect she may have had some definite influence . . .

Go here for a new wave of joy engulfing me: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/10/bolivia-enshrines-natural-worlds-rights

Life eternally renews itself in the most adverse of circumstances.

Live long – and prosper

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Keep your dreams alive the whole of your life, never lose hope, no matter what adversity may beset you. Keep your heart open at all times and keep giving and receiving love and human kindness without end.

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My sleep was disrupted last night and I awoke early, all because of the excitement of snow. As the white carpet on the world outside the window thickens I wonder what people feel about snow. For me it leads so directly to the place of peace that exists within me. There’s something about the settling and the covering that makes it seem like lots of other things that existed previously don’t exist anymore. For me there is a quiet smile that lifts my heart and my lips and as the snow deepens, the peace rises.

Enjoy !

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Every time you do something, consider if there is a better way before you start . . .

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I remember and cultivate the ability to be appreciative of all that’s so wonderful in this world !

I keep this in because it fills me with such joy . . . 

I love you
For the kindness in your eyes
And the warmth in your voice,
For the honesty of your words
And the silence of your smile;
For the ways in which we’re similar,
And those in which we’re worlds apart.
For the openness of your understanding
And the acceptance of your heart;
For the tenderness of your touch
And the strength of your commitment,
For your sense of humour
And your seriousness of purpose;
For a thousand small reasons,
And one most important of all:
Simply because you are you.
In the human family you are cherished,
Ones with whom I share life:
Its joys, its sorrows, its accomplishments, its challenges,
While we build our dreams together and grow everyday
In the love that makes us one.

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I endeavour to put my very best into everything I do in life, sometimes I go quiet because I am struggling with myself and it is better and more important to work on that stuff of mine alone and come back to the world when I have goodness and joy to give. I find high praise deeply humbling and accept it graciously. Many many thanks to Ewan and Arianne, who were married recently at Glasgow University, for this:

“Our celebrant for the day, Mandy went out of her way to help us design exactly the kind of ceremony that suited our style and spirit, and delivered it all with inimitable panache. We have never been more thrilled to live in the modern age than now, when unconventional ideas are not only acceptable, but may be endorsed and executed even by qualified wedding professionals – and she is without question the best there is.”

Demos up and down the country for a fairer system – Take Back Parliament !

I love you
For the kindness in your eyes
And the warmth in your voice,
For the honesty of your words
And the silence of your smile;
For the ways in which we’re similar,
And those in which we’re worlds apart.
For the openness of your understanding
And the acceptance of your heart;
For the tenderness of your touch
And the strength of your commitment,
For your sense of humour
And your seriousness of purpose;
For a thousand small reasons,
And one most important of all:
Simply because you are you.
In the human family you are cherished,
Ones with whom I share life:
Its joys, its sorrows, its accomplishments, its challenges,
While we build our dreams together and grow everyday
In the love that makes us one.

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