Photo was taken yesterday afternoon on the Lee Fields, Cork (Irl)

Lovely spring weather got many out and about yesterday. These swans made the most of some nibbles and clearly are not shy!!

Thought on Thursday – February – 07/02/2013

‘People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.’ ~
J. Michael Straczynski

When a flower does not do well, we tend to avoid blaming the plant. We look for reasons as to why it is not doing well. It may need water or it might be getting too much water. It may need more sunshine, feeding or perhaps more shade. But we never actually blame the plant. Why is it that when we have problems with our friends or our families we tend to blame the other person? We fail to look at the bigger picture. Blaming has no positive effects at all. It is often deflating, a waste of time and counter productive. It is always much better for us to give our time and energy into words of praise and encouragement. Praise loudly is great advice but even better again is to blame softly.