Photo was taken at Cappanalea, Co.Kerry (Irl)

A walk through a bog will always throw up a surprise! This frog was sitting quietly in a pool of water, almost camouflaged into the background.

Thought on Tuesday – June – 26/06/2012

‘If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.’ ~Andrew Mason

I can remember in school our science teacher telling us that a weed is a flower in the wrong place. It was a simple explanation but a good one. If you go into any gardening centre there are so many weed killers on display. Surely these cannot be a friend to a garden? You may destroy the weed but how many other living organisms also perish under the deadly spray, not to mention breathing it in ourselves. The weed is also symbolic of those people that we don’t like or those people that simply irritate us. These people like a flower, also have their good qualities. But because we see them as a weed, they tend not to be welcome in our own gardens.

The following prayer might be useful today: ‘Lord, it’s hard to get on with everyone. In fact at times it’s nearly impossible! When someone is really annoying me, help me to see the flower rather than the weed. This may be difficult right now. But Lord, I do want to give it a go, knowing that there are times too when I’m not always a flower!’