Photo was taken yesterday at Altamount, Millstreet, Co.Cork (Irl)

A Tortoiseshell butterfly takes some time out yesterday in lovely September sunshine on a Sedum flower. This flower is a real treasure and blessing during the month of September. When many flowers have peaked and disappeared after the summer, the Sedum flower comes into its own at this time of year. It is simply a magnet for butterflies, bumblebees and honeybees. If you are thinking of purchasing some flower for your garden this one won’t let you down and it keeps coming into flower year after year.

Thought on Thursday – September – 20/09/2012

‘Of course I pray to God, I believe in God. I pray in the physio room. I go in after my warm up. I basically spend a few minutes in there on my own. I don’t pray to help me score goals. I pray for the health of me and everyone on the pitch. It is something I have always done. I pray at night. I pray for my family and friends and for the health of everyone I love’ ~Wayne Rooney

A recent radio interview with Wayne Rooney gave some interesting insights into the Manchester United player. His wife Coleen comes from a devout Catholic family but religion has always played an important part of his life. Apparently one of Rooney’s top subjects when he attended school was Religion. He often makes the news headlines for the goals he scores and sometimes for the trouble he gets himself into. But few could imagine that Rooney actually takes time to pray and that God is important to him. It doesn’t make the headlines and it doesn’t need to either.

There are so many like Rooney who quietly do what is important to them, who recognise that there is something more and make time for those few minutes of quiet prayer. Everyone’s way of doing it is different and the place we do it is different. The common link between everyone is that somehow it does make a difference in our lives.