Friday 29th May – Icon of the Day
- Chris Williams
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min read
May my mind come alive today
To the invisible geography
That invites me to new frontiers
To break the dead shell of yesterdays
To risk being disturbed and changed.
May I have the courage today
To live the life that I would love
To postpone my dream no longer,
But do at last what I came here for
And waste my heart on fear no more.
John O’Donohue from ‘A morning offering’
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Image: ‘Wanderer above the sea of fog’ [Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer] by Caspar David Friedrich, circa 1817, Kunsthalle Hamburg.
Photo: ‘Cybershot800i’
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Listen to Bryn Terfel, accompanied by Malcolm Martineau, perform ‘I have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope’ from ‘Songs of Travel’ – words by R L Stevenson, set to music by R Vaughan Williams:
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In St Mary’s prayer cycle for May 2020, today we pray for those living on council estates with no gardens to use.
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If you would like to contribute to these reflections, please do email Katherine Cox at kvcox-therapy@gmail.com
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