I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. W.B Yeats.(He wishes for the cloths of heaven) Do you have dreams of things you want to achieve? Do you actually do anything to make them a reality? It’s the new year and like so many others I’ve been … More Is it really better to try and fail?
Are you someone who lives with regret? Maybe it’s an old regret, perhaps about your childhood, or schooling, loves lost, or chances wasted? I have regrets aplenty. But if I were honest and could go back, would I do things differently? The past brought me to where I am today. Am I happy with that? … More No regrets.
Today is a day of reflection. The last day of the year. I decided to use it to look back, on this my very first year as a blogger. I began to blog late January, and have posted almost daily since then. As I re read some of my posts today, I must say I … More My most viewed posts of 2013.
Is worry your constant companion? Most who know me think I am a relatively laid back person. However even though I don’t really “do stress” I still worry. I can remember even as a child worrying. I worried about small things, like friends, fitting in, homework and tests. As a teenager I continued to worry. … More Count your blessings not your worries.
He came third in his family, but always aimed for first in life. Soccer, football, hurling, basketball, golf, all played with passion. All his efforts came from a desire to be the best. He loved to win. On this blog you have known him as, “my friends young boy”, “my young friend”, and affectionately as … More His name was Daniel
A friend said this to me the other day. Even though I have no religious belief I thought it was a lovely expression. She was telling me a story about her return journey from Dublin. She had left very late and as she traveled home she was oblivious to the dwindling supply of petrol in … More “An Angel brought me home”.
Have there been times in your life when you achieved the impossible? When others thought you couldn’t, but you did? When you were given the odds against you, but you beat them? I am sitting here watching rugby. Ireland v New Zealand. Normally that would mean watching some of the match with my eyes closed, … More “The man who wins is the man who thinks they can”
I read a lot of blogs and it is clear to see that there are many bloggers, who wake up every day with a fog of darkness around them. It is difficult to understand their plight when you are not standing in their shoes. Today, I have no darkness around me. The weather reflects my mood, sunny and bright. … More How happy are you?
Today my little one is unwell. Nothing terrible just a simple virus I would assume. She is tired, and in need of a bit of TLC. I must admit as she is getting older, it is no real chore to turn back the clock slightly and just lie beside her, and fuss over her. Not … More Thank goodness she’s unwell not sick!
It is three days since my brother got married. Three days since, for the first time in a lifetime, my whole family gathered together. My mom, sisters and brothers, grandchildren and partners. A motley crew. Yet we all knew that it was not truly everyone who was present. A very significant person was missing on … More Gone but never forgotten.
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