Photo was taken on the main street in Ballincollig, Co.Cork (Irl)

This red flower with it’s lovely yellow spot really stood out in late evening sunshine.

Thought on Thursday – September – 27/09/2012

‘I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.’ ~Diane Ackerman

Many spiritual writers do not encourage too much looking forward and the difficulties of trying to predict the future. Some looking forward is necessary and planning for the future can be wise and prudent. But if it becomes a constant need to know what the future might be, we will end up disappointed and frustrated. There are few certainties about what’s ahead.

But we can make the most of today with much more certainty. Each day is God’s most precious gift to us. It can be as wide as we want it and also quite narrow if we so choose. But it is definitely a loss if we don’t embrace its width. Each day is full of possibility, opportunity, blessing, learning, along with many hope filled moments. Where do I feel my life is at the moment: narrow or wide? When a day feels narrow, we pray for God’s strength to help us along and to gently guide us through.