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I took this photo at Curabinny, near Crosshaven, Co.Cork (Irl)
A heron was in full stretch at the weekend
On This Day
On October 15th 1987 The Great Storm of 1987 hit France and England with the weather forecasters completely getting it wrong and taking everyone by surprise. 18 people lost their lives in the Uk and 4 in France due to the sudden storm.
On October 15th 2017 thanks to actress Alyssa Milano the ‘Me too’ movement was born.
Birthdays Today
Loreen (Pop Singer and Eurovision winner twice) is 41
Significance of Today
Today Oct 14th is Global Handwashing Day. We got so used to doing this during the Covid lockdowns and we know how important it is in reducing infection. Sadly in some parts of the world they do not have enough of clean water to be able to do handwashing. Global Handwashing Day encourages us all to continue to wash our hands as good practice, especially when we come in home from outside.
Quote For Today
“In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.” ~Mother Teresa
Did You Know
Did you know that it only takes six minutes for alcohol to affect your brain, a lot quicker than most people realise.
My Latest Video 🎥
This is my latest video and it is called ‘A Circle Celebrates You’ A new video is uploaded every Wednesday💕
The video below I had up last week and it is called – ‘A Prayer to our Guardian Angel’. If you would like to see a selection of my other videos on Youtube you can click this link here. https://www.youtube.com/@JamesMcSweeneyFr/videos
Thought For The Week
‘Come out of the circle of time and into the circle of love.’ ~Rumi
We are surrounded by circles but of course we take them for granted. Our universe and our planet earth rotate in circles. The sun and the moon are circular in shape. Our ancestors built beautiful monuments in circular shapes from Stonehenge to Newgrange. Whether it is a ring, a coin or an orange, circles are never too far from us.
A circle is safe, gentle and its beautiful shape lends to calmness, peacefulness, and relaxation. The circle stands for totality, the infinite, timelessness and God whose centre is everywhere. The circle will always represent our journeys from beginning to end.
While a circle may have no sides, don’t forget it has an inner side and an outer side. Our world puts the focus on externals and on the outer side. But it’s what is inside that is most important, especially love, kindness, peace and goodness. You have all these within you which means a circle is always a celebration of the beautiful you.
You are invited to step into God’s circle of love. It is a good place and a safe place. The beauty of a spiritual circle is that it’s easy to step in or step out. All of our Christian tradition and the stories of our ancestors would indicate that the best and safest place to be is within the circle, where there is always healing, growth and love.
Thought For The Week is updated each Monday
