So few grains of happiness measured against all the dark and still the scales balance. – Jane Hirshfield “The Weighing” I’ve been reflecting on these lines from Jane Hirshfield’s poem The Weighing and how its… Continue reading
As we neared the end of last year, I was sent this touching guest post by Catherine. To my shame, it got lost in my email in-box until now. Still, I am sure… Continue reading
Have you ever experienced such intense sadness you couldn’t imagine ever feeling hopeful about ANYTHING again? Maybe, like me, you once stood in the corner, gulping your champagne, at a New Year’s Eve… Continue reading
Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blogs which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve… Continue reading
Earlier this week the annual celebration of the winter solstice took place here in Ireland at Newgrange in Co Meath. Newgrange is famed for the illumination of its passage and chamber by the Winter Solstice sun. Above… Continue reading
“Hope is something you create together” – Kaethe Weingarten I was very moved this morning reading an article on the subject of hope in today’s Irish Times. The article puts forward an argument for the… Continue reading
I recently came across a summary of a 2005 study, “Evaulation of the effectiveness of an Intervention Group to meet the identified spiritual needs of breast cancer patients” by Pat Hargadon, Avon Breast… Continue reading
