Thought for Today!

  • Stand up for what is right, even if you stand alone.

    Jacaranda Tree, Australia.

  • You don’t owe anyone an explanation for protecting your peace.

  • The Armistice, an agreement to end the fighting of the First World War as a prelude to peace negotiations, began at 11am on 11 November 1918. Armistice is Latin for to stand (still) arms.

    Lest We Forget

    ***THIS IS A POPPY***

    In Flanders fields the poppies blow

    Between the crosses, row on row,

    That mark our place: and in the sky

    The larks, still bravely singing, fly

    Scarce heard amid the guns below.

    We are the Dead. Short days ago

    We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

    Loved and were loved, and now we lie

    In Flanders fields.

    Take up our quarrel with the foe:

    To you from failing hands we throw

    The torch; be yours to hold it high.

    If ye break faith with us who die

    We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

    In Flanders fields.

    John McCrae (1872–1918)

    We will remember them……