Thought for the Week – Prisoner

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I like the story
of the female prisoner
who observed,
“ When you are in prison,
it is especially important
to try and live in the present moment.
It’s so easy [Read More]

Thought for the Week – ” The Wonder of You “

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Nietzsche, a Russian philosopher claims that
‘memory is the enemy of wonder’.
 
Wonder abides nowhere else
but in the present.
This is why, unless you are a child,
wonder depends [Read More]

Thought for the Week – A space for grace and love to enter

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I was listening to the Living Word on RTE Radio 1 recently. It comes on just before two in the morning so I only vaguely [Read More]

Thought for the Week – Currency

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All communities have a ‘medium of exchange’,
‘a common currency’, a culture
that binds people together and tries to ensure that
they are engaged in the same enterprise.
 
A [Read More]

Thought for the Week – Mindfulness

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We can learn much from Buddhism
and other Eastern religions.
For  a while we in the West have been busy
developing science and technology,
the Yogis and Roshis in [Read More]

Thought for the Week – The Tracksuit

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When I was young we occasionally shopped in Cork.
On one visit, a tracksuit caught my attention.
It was there in the window of a corner shop [Read More]