Photo was taken at Courtmacsherry Strand Races, Co.Cork (Irl)

I dug deep into the archives for this photo. The photo is of Bryon Cooper and I took it six years ago when he was 14, covered in mud after a beach race! Today he is one of Ireland’s up and coming jockeys. He had massive wins recently at Cheltenham and last week at Aintree. He has exceptional talent and his future is so bright.

Thought on Tuesday – March – 09/04/2013

‘Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day.’ ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some of the great spiritual writers recommend that at the end of each day, to do a quick review of what happened. Some encourage writing these thoughts down. It is good to reflect on what went wrong, where we might have improved and what we have learnt as well. The next important step is to let what went wrong go and not to carry them forward. Carrying negativity from one day into the next simply eats our energy and is not a healthy thing to do. We are also encouraged at the end of our day to reflect on what was good and what went well. We will always find that there is so much of this to found in any day. Life has tuned us into seeing the negative first. So we need to retune ourselves into seeing all the good as well and there is lots of it to be found. We ask God to help us let go of what did not go well, to treasure what went well and to bless us as we move forward to a new day.