Photo was taken at Bealick Mill, Macroom, Co.Cork (Irl)

Gerard McSweeney with his wife Karen just after their wedding yesterday in St.Colmans Church, Macroom.

(P.S Gerard is my brother!!!)

Thought on Saturday – October – 13/10/2012

‘Very few burdens are heavy if everyone lifts.’ ~S Wise

Many studies have been done on the ability of a group to lift a heavy weight. When the weight is evenly distributed it seems anything is possible. People have been known to lift a person by just using two fingers each. One of the best explanations for such reports is that the participants are tricking their minds into believing that the person been lifted is ‘light as a feather’. It is well known that trying to carry our burdens on our own is nearly an impossible task. Wisdom and experience has shown that if we share a burden it does become lighter.

We can also help someone else with their burdens, by being there for them, listening to them and simply being a friend. We don’t have to have the right words, in fact few are often needed. Our presence with someone else can make all the difference. The danger is that we often leave it to someone else and that someone else is also leaving it to us. We especially remember those beautiful words from our gospel: “Come to me all you who labour and overburdened and I will give you rest.”