Really busy at work, and then going off to Wales to visit my friends with the happy sheep, so I thought I'd leave you with a few wise words from the Dalai Lama to chew over, a sort of guest blog, if you will, and will be back with the usual trivia on Monday.
Over to you, your holiness .....
"In the past all of life was based on trees.Their flowers gave us decoration, their fruit gave us nourishment, their leaves and fibres clothed us and provided us with shelter.We took refuge in their branches for protection from wild animals. We used wood for heat and for canes to bear our weight when we grew old, and to make weapons to defend ourselves. We were very close to trees. Today, surrounded by sophisticated machinery and high-performance computers in our ultra-modern offices, it is easy to forget our ties with nature.It is normal to try and improve the quality of our lives through science and technology. But at the same time it is important to know the limitations of such progress and to remain aware of the fact that we still depend on nature. if the environment were to be radically altered, there would be nothing we could do to protect ourselves."
From 'Beyond Dogma - dialogues and discourses' (1996)
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