Tosh
@toshlynch.bsky.social
Nurse, Counsellor, NHS Chaplain and a work in progress.
"This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before."
―Maya Angelou
―Maya Angelou
December 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
"This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before."
―Maya Angelou
―Maya Angelou
"Authentic spirituality wants to flow outward and express itself in the form of justice, peacemaking, and compassion."
-Parker J. Palmer, Let
Your Life Speak
-Parker J. Palmer, Let
Your Life Speak
December 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"Authentic spirituality wants to flow outward and express itself in the form of justice, peacemaking, and compassion."
-Parker J. Palmer, Let
Your Life Speak
-Parker J. Palmer, Let
Your Life Speak
"The greatest challenge of the day is:
how to bring about a revolution of the heart."
—Dorothy Day, Loaves
and Fishes
how to bring about a revolution of the heart."
—Dorothy Day, Loaves
and Fishes
December 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"The greatest challenge of the day is:
how to bring about a revolution of the heart."
—Dorothy Day, Loaves
and Fishes
how to bring about a revolution of the heart."
—Dorothy Day, Loaves
and Fishes
"May you have the courage to speak for those on the margins, to live in the shelter of compassion."
-John O'Donohue,
Benedictus
-John O'Donohue,
Benedictus
December 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"May you have the courage to speak for those on the margins, to live in the shelter of compassion."
-John O'Donohue,
Benedictus
-John O'Donohue,
Benedictus
"Gratitude is the recognition that we belong, that we are part of something infinitely bigger than ourselves."
―Richard Rohr, Falling Upward
―Richard Rohr, Falling Upward
October 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"Gratitude is the recognition that we belong, that we are part of something infinitely bigger than ourselves."
―Richard Rohr, Falling Upward
―Richard Rohr, Falling Upward
"Gratitude goes beyond the ‘mine’ and ‘thine’ and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift."
―Henri Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son
―Henri Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son
October 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"Gratitude goes beyond the ‘mine’ and ‘thine’ and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift."
―Henri Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son
―Henri Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son
"It is not happiness that makes us grateful;
it is gratefulness that makes us happy."
―Br. David Steindl-Rast
it is gratefulness that makes us happy."
―Br. David Steindl-Rast
September 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"It is not happiness that makes us grateful;
it is gratefulness that makes us happy."
―Br. David Steindl-Rast
it is gratefulness that makes us happy."
―Br. David Steindl-Rast
“The fullness of joy
is to behold God
in everything.”
―Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love
is to behold God
in everything.”
―Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love
September 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
“The fullness of joy
is to behold God
in everything.”
―Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love
is to behold God
in everything.”
―Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love
"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize
how good things really are."
―Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love
how good things really are."
―Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love
September 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize
how good things really are."
―Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love
how good things really are."
―Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love
"Happiness comes not from trying to get rid of all the difficult things,
but by learning to open to them with compassion."
―Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart
but by learning to open to them with compassion."
―Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart
September 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"Happiness comes not from trying to get rid of all the difficult things,
but by learning to open to them with compassion."
―Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart
but by learning to open to them with compassion."
―Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart
"I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find joy—it's right in front of me when I pay attention and practice gratitude."
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection
September 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find joy—it's right in front of me when I pay attention and practice gratitude."
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together
that overwhelm the world.” — Desmond Tutu
that overwhelm the world.” — Desmond Tutu
September 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together
that overwhelm the world.” — Desmond Tutu
that overwhelm the world.” — Desmond Tutu
“In the kingdom of love there is no competition;
there is no possessiveness or control.
The more love you give away,
the more love you will have.”
― John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
there is no possessiveness or control.
The more love you give away,
the more love you will have.”
― John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
August 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“In the kingdom of love there is no competition;
there is no possessiveness or control.
The more love you give away,
the more love you will have.”
― John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
there is no possessiveness or control.
The more love you give away,
the more love you will have.”
― John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
“To love is to make of one's heart a swinging door.”
― Howard Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited
― Howard Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited
August 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
“To love is to make of one's heart a swinging door.”
― Howard Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited
― Howard Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited
"The honorary duty of a human being is to love.”
― Maya Angelou
― Maya Angelou
August 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"The honorary duty of a human being is to love.”
― Maya Angelou
― Maya Angelou
“Until we learn to love others as ourselves, it's difficult to blame broken people who desperately try to affirm themselves when no one else will.”
― Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
― Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
August 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“Until we learn to love others as ourselves, it's difficult to blame broken people who desperately try to affirm themselves when no one else will.”
― Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
― Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Love recognises no barriers.
It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."
– Maya Angelou
It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."
– Maya Angelou
July 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Love recognises no barriers.
It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."
– Maya Angelou
It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."
– Maya Angelou
I cannot prevent anyone from getting angry, or mad, or frustrated.
I can only hope that they’ll turn that anger and frustration and madness into something positive.
-Harvey Milk
I can only hope that they’ll turn that anger and frustration and madness into something positive.
-Harvey Milk
June 23, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I cannot prevent anyone from getting angry, or mad, or frustrated.
I can only hope that they’ll turn that anger and frustration and madness into something positive.
-Harvey Milk
I can only hope that they’ll turn that anger and frustration and madness into something positive.
-Harvey Milk
The way I see it, if you want the rainbows,
you gotta put up with the rain.
-Dolly Parton
you gotta put up with the rain.
-Dolly Parton
May 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The way I see it, if you want the rainbows,
you gotta put up with the rain.
-Dolly Parton
you gotta put up with the rain.
-Dolly Parton
If you want to fly,
you have to give up what weighs you down.
-Roy T. Bennett
you have to give up what weighs you down.
-Roy T. Bennett
May 5, 2025 at 7:18 AM
If you want to fly,
you have to give up what weighs you down.
-Roy T. Bennett
you have to give up what weighs you down.
-Roy T. Bennett
Your journey is not the same as mine, and my journey is not yours,
but if we meet on a certain path, may we encourage each other.
-Unknown
but if we meet on a certain path, may we encourage each other.
-Unknown
April 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Your journey is not the same as mine, and my journey is not yours,
but if we meet on a certain path, may we encourage each other.
-Unknown
but if we meet on a certain path, may we encourage each other.
-Unknown
Don't dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.
-Elizabeth Elliot
-Elizabeth Elliot
April 24, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Don't dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.
-Elizabeth Elliot
-Elizabeth Elliot
Sometimes the biggest accomplishment in life is to find yourself.
-Luisa Fernanda Cicer
-Luisa Fernanda Cicer
April 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Sometimes the biggest accomplishment in life is to find yourself.
-Luisa Fernanda Cicer
-Luisa Fernanda Cicer
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life
is the foundation for all abundance.
-Eckhart Tolle
is the foundation for all abundance.
-Eckhart Tolle
April 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life
is the foundation for all abundance.
-Eckhart Tolle
is the foundation for all abundance.
-Eckhart Tolle