Photo was taken at Killarney National Park, Killarney, Co.Kerry (Irl)

This photo was the spectacular view from Killarney yesterday. After an overnight January storm, the weather turned extremely cool and showery. The showers landed as snow on the higher mountains and the photo is looking out onto Carrantuohill which is the highest mountain in Ireland. It stands at 3,314 feet or 1050 metres and is part of the Mac Gillycuddy Reek mountain range.



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The Thought For Today is below




‘You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage, pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically, to say no to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger ‘yes’ burning inside. ~Stephen Covey


Our journey through this month of January gives us the ideal opportunity to set out our priorities for the coming weeks and year. We all know we are pulled in different directions. Many well intentioned people either want our money, our time, the fruits of our gifts and talents and so much more. In short we can’t give everything. Our gift to ourselves and to others is to sometimes be firm and say NO. To say ‘no’ certainly requires courage. It reflects maturity, responsibility and a sense of balance. A prayer starter today might be: “Lord, help to prioritise what’s important in my life at the moment. Sometimes I need to say no to what’s distracting and to what is not productive in my life. Help me to choose wisely. Amen”