Photo was taken at Fota Wildlife Park, Cobh, Co.Cork (Irl)

It’s all about timing when it comes to photography. This eye grabbing photo was taken by Dan Linehan of the Irish Examiner
A pelican is about to catch a herring during feeding time at Fota Wildlife Park.

On This Day

On January 27th 1880 Thomas Edison patents the electric incandescent lamp. What a difference his invention would make to our world in terms of light
On January 27th 2019 Despite all the recent controversy it was Novak Dokovic of Serbia who won the Australian Open Tennis Singles Title marking his record 7th Australian singles title.

Birthday’s Today

Joe Duffy (RTE Radio Broadcaster) is 66
Mark Owen (Take That Singer) is 50
Rosamund Pike (Actress) is 43

Interesting Quote for Today

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ~Nelson Mandela

Saint For Today: St. Angela Merici. She is the founder of the Ursuline order, the oldest religious order of women in the Roman Catholic Church dedicated to the education of girls. She is the patron saint of sickness, disabled and physically challenged people.

Significane of Today International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Holocaust, was Nazi Germany’s “Final Solution” for eliminating all Jewish people within Nazi Germany. Roughly two-thirds of Europe’s Jewish population had been murdered in this horrendous atrocity. Today’s Remembrance Day remembers all those who died.

Did You Know: A dog’s hearing is 10 times better than that of humans

My latest video is called ‘There is GREAT strength when we support each other’
https://youtu.be/48CxZcYtplU (Just copy and paste and it will play. Thanks)

Thought on Thursday – January – 27/01/2022

Thought For The Week (Updated each Monday morning)

‘There is nothing so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.’ ~ Saint Francis de Sales

There is great strength when we support each other. On our own we can sometimes struggle and be isolated. But once we allow others to support us, especially with love and kindness, we become incredibly strong. We find great strength when we support each other during difficult and challenging times. This has been the glue that held us all together during the past two years of Covid. We all can now look forward to so much freedom with the lifting of restrictions. (at least in Ireland anyway)

I like to explain this idea with a bundle of sticks especially to young people. If you take one stick it is very easy to break it. But when you put a few of them together and try and break them it is next to impossible. They become super strong and again remind us that there is great strength when we support each other.

So how do we support each other? You can do so by extending love and kindness to someone who needs it. You can pray for them. You can encourage them. You can tell them quite simply that you don’t have all the answers but that you are willing to walk with them during their difficult and challenging time.

This is all that really matters. You are giving someone else strength by simply being there for them. And you also have a choice. Do you remain just like the one stick? Or can you allow others to walk with you and beside you? One stick has now become a few. Again, great strength begins to happen when we support each other.

Next time you are out for a walk in the woods and you come across a few broken sticks under a tree. Pick them up. See how easy it is to break one. Put a few of them together and try and break them. It becomes nearly impossible.

Spiritually, we all need help too. We can’t do it on our own. As we journey through life we need the help of family and friends. A prayer moment might be: Loving God, thank you for being my helping hand and my support when I need it. Amen