Today is the spring equinox with equal day and night. So no matter what part of the world you are in today, there is equal light and darkness. Like our photo today we are reminded on the importance of balance in our lives. Whatever we do in life, we always do our best each day to find balance. Photo is from Pixabay

On This Day 

On March 21st 2013 The European Space Agency revealed new data that indicates that our universe is 13.82 billion years old

On March 21st 2017 Irish politician Martin McGuinness who played an influential role in negotiating the Good Friday Peace Agreement in Northern Ireland died at the age 66.

Birthday’s Today🎂

Timothy Dalton (Actor and former James Bond) is 78

Mark Williams (Three time world snooker champion) is 49

Saint For Today

Today is the Saint Enda. He is considered the founder of monasticism in Ireland.

Significance Of Today

Today March 21st is the spring equinox and we have equal day and night today.

Today March 21st is also World Down Syndrome Day. All of us have come into contact with those with Down Syndrome at one time or other. A person with Down Syndrome is free-spirited, happy and always with a lovely smile. They seem to be able to enjoy the little things in life, in ways that many of us can’t. They also face challenges and many simple things the rest of us take for granted can prove challenging for them. The link to the Irish charity Down Syndrome Ireland is https://downsyndrome.ie

Interesting Quote for Today

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Did You Know😇
Bangkok is the world’s most visited city in Thailand

A Video For You🎥

Thought For The Week

‘In this time of Lent, we have more time to reflect. Reflection is not only good for your soul, it’s good for the souls and hearts of those around you. Reflection is a cleansing and Lent brings us to a slow motion time, when we begin to think about the goodness in our lives.’ ~Maxi
Reflection is always a good thing to do each day. Reflection at a deeper level will always take much more time. Lent gives us such an opportunity. There may only be two weeks left to go but there is still plenty of time to reflect on what’s really important in our lives.
It has been repeatedly said that our lives are so busy that we miss out on all the important moments in our lives. No one can change this but ourselves. It is easy when reflecting to zoom in only on the negative and bad news. It is essential that we always bring balance and also reflect on our own goodness of which there is an endless supply around.
If reflection is good for our soul and Lent brings us into slow motion time, then the next two weeks can be spiritually very productive.

The Thought For The Week is updated each Monday