I took this photo yesterday evening at Altamount, Millstreet, Co.Cork (Irl)
This was the beautiful skyline after the sun dipped behind Clara mountain. The few minutes after any sunset can often reveal some beautiful colours that can intensify into tapestry of colours that simply leaves you in awe.
I have just uploaded my new video below
On This Day
On Oct 11th 1138 An earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, killed an estimated 230,000
On Oct 11th 1962 The Second Vatican Council was convened by Pope John 23rd
On Oct 11th 2020 India recorded more than 7 million cases of COVID-19
Birthdays Today
Joan Cusack (Movie Actress – Voiceover of cowgirl Jessie in the film Toy Story) is 62
Saint For Today
Today October 11th is the Feast of Saint Pope John 23rd. Although few people had as great an impact on the 20th century as Pope John 23rd, he avoided the limelight as much as possible. Indeed, one writer has noted that his “ordinariness” seems one of his most remarkable qualities.
Significance Of Today
Today is International Day of the Girl Child. Today events and discussions will take place about issues facing girls on the Day of the girl child, to help raise awareness about the sexism and discrimination girls deal with. It’s a fact, no country in the world has achieved complete gender equality. In over 190 countries, half of the population faces some form of discrimination because they’re female. In developing countries, gender inequality holds millions of girls and women back from reaching their full potential, preventing many from gaining an education, voicing their opinions, accessing healthcare, and deciding their own futures.
Interesting Quote for Today
‘Gender equality is the goal that will help abolish poverty that will create more equal economies, fairer societies and happier men, women and children.” ~Graça Machel
Did you know that in 2006, a Coca-Cola employee offered to sell Coca-Cola secrets to Pepsi. Pepsi responded by notifying Coca-Cola.
My Latest Video 🎥
This is my latest video and it is called ‘A Circle Celebrates You’ A new video is uploaded every Wednesday💕
The video below I had up last week and it is called – ‘A Prayer to our Guardian Angel’. If you would like to see a selection of my other videos on Youtube you can click this link here. https://www.youtube.com/@JamesMcSweeneyFr/videos
Thought For The Week
Team means Together Everyone Achieves More!’ ~Author Unknown
Science has a great way of explaining different things to us. Some scientific results can be applied to life and sometimes with a spiritual message. At an agricultural event scientists gathered and watched one horse pull 3,000kgs and another 4,000 kgs. Together they would be expected to pull 7,000 kgs. However, when they were paired together and measured, the two horses were able to pull a total weight of 15,000kgs. This is impressive. Scientists call it the principle of synergy.
Synergy is explained as the interaction of two parts working together to create something better than either original component. To put it another way, more can be done through team effort than can be accomplished by each individual member. In order for the principle of synergy to work, there has to be teamwork.
We sense and know this. We know that when a team works together great things can happen. In sport there have been great comebacks even when the odds were stacked against them. It is not putting our effort down or saying our effort is not important. But when we can work with someone else, when we can share a worry or crisis with somebody, when we ask for advice or reach out in hope to someone else, the results are so much better.
In the Gospel of Luke we read how Jesus sent them out in pairs ahead of him, into every town and village that Jesus had planned to visit. This was not by chance or accidental. Jesus knew that working together works. It’s the same principle still working today. Who can you reach out to, to make it work better for you?
Thought For The Week is updated each Monday
