Thinks I find along the way
Three versions of the forgotten Paul McCartney classic protest song. The second ‘studio version’ featuring Wings with the incredible Irishman Henry McCullough on lead guitar is priceless. I have featured him in other posts here. Crank up the volume and remember the cause the world has forgotten…
In no particular order…
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Daily Quote:
“Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat”~Alex Levin
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The Ireland of ‘The Quiet Man’!
The first takes you through the Irish countryside near Carna, Clifden and Galway. Feast your eyes on everyday scenes of a world that’s no more: a boy on his donkey; women walking a country road, some covering their faces with scarves to hide from the camera; a man harvesting seaweed; a rowboat excursion; a sheep feasting on grass; people peering out of thatched cottages; cows in a field; a curious dog running up to the camera; and a vintage car (you can join the debate on the make, model and year) navigating its way over a bridge.
via Forgotten Ireland, captured on 16mm film 60 years ago (VIDEOS) – IrishCentral.com.
The second video captures the sights and sounds of Dublin in the 1950s. No soundtrack here, just the revving of motors, the chatter of passersby, and the clip clop of horse-drawn carts as they travel down the cobble stone streets.
That’s the spirit…
Tara Brach writes;
When we are suffering and turn to prayer, no matter what the apparent reasons for our pain, the basic cause is always the same: we feel separate and alone. Our reaching out is a way of relieving ourselves of this pain of isolation. Yet the bodhisattva’s aspiration radically deepens the meaning of prayer by guiding us to also turn inward. We discover the full purity and power of prayer by listening deeply to the suffering that gives rise to it. Like a great tree, such prayer sinks its roots into the dark depths in order to reach up fully to the light. This is what I call mindful prayer—opening wakefully to our suffering and allowing ourselves to reach out in our longing for connection. Irish poet and priest John O’Donohue writes: “Prayer is the voice of longing; it reaches outwards and inwards to unearth our ancient belonging.” The more fully we touch our pain and longing, the more fully we are released into boundless, compassionate presence.
Carl Considine writes:
The life of Saint Patrick, the humble man from Britain who escaped Roman slavery and brought Christianity to Ireland in the fifth century, is celebrated annually on March 17. Despite Saint Patrick’s successful Christian missionary work and his designation as the primary patron saint of Ireland, the day we commemorate his life has become associated with wearing outrageous clothing, drinking pints of Guinness, and being excessively inebriated. Without taking away the joy and camaraderie that many people feel when they celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day, we should also remember Patrick’s admirable character by following his example and adhering to his moral teachings. Continue reading “Another Way to Celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day”
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…since Notre Dame was ranked #1 but this is OUR year again. I was at the game in 1993 when Notre Dame beat Florida State to take the #1 ranking and I’ve kept these souvenirs in every office I’ve had since then and I’ve been impatiently waiting for a big victory like the one I anticipate tonight. Go, Irish! Roll over the Tide, roll…
Scores of people gathered outside the Newgrange passage tomb in Co Meath this morning for the annual winter solstice.
Newgrange, located in the Boyne Valley, is a 5,000-year-old tomb famous for the winter solstice illumination which lights up the passage and chamber if weather allows and can be viewed by a select group of people inside.
Access to the chamber is limited and is decided by lottery each year.
Twelve lucky names were drawn from more than 30,000 people who applied for a ticket.
The remainder were the six winners of a schools art competition for 10- to 13-year-olds, along with their guardians.
Unfortunately, heavy cloud cover meant the sun failed to hit the spot this morning and provide those gathered with an unforgettable experience.
Despite this, spokeswoman for the Office of Public Works Clare Tuffy said it was a great event.
“There was a lovely atmosphere and everyone was very excited to be there, but unfortunately there was no sun,” she said.
Solstice lottery winner Mary Craig said she was disappointed with the lack of sun, but that she still enjoyed her time within the monument.
“It was fantastic. It wasn’t very sunny which was very disappointing, but it was great to be in there,” she said.
“There was some light coming in, so we could see light, but the fact that we were there and people 5,000 years ago had been there before you, just makes you feel very insignificant.”
via Newgrange solstice crowds disappointed – The Irish Times – Fri, Dec 21, 2012.
Guy Kawasaki shares this:
During the month of March, everyone suddenly discovers a wee bit of Irish heritage waiting to break out and hit the bars, but the first hint of fall is reserved for the liederhosen and dirndl crowd as Munich kicks off Oktoberfest 2012.
If you weren’t able to make it to Germany this year and plan to hunker down at home with the barbeque, bratwurst and beer like the Bavarian transplant you may or may not be, you’re going to need the proper tunes to set a true Oktoberfest mood.
While Mark Zanzig at Oktoberfest Insider has a top ten list of songs complete with iTunes links and Stu at Oktoberfest Songs also has a great selection, we’ll just feature a few here to set the mood.” via Time for some Oktoberfest tunage! [videos] – Holy Kaw!.
Are you…
girlfriend, or lover?
husband, or partner?
teacher, or trainer?
leader, or director?
decorator, or designer?
advisor, or counselor?
blogger, or writer?
crafter, or artist?
What you call yourself matters.
Words send signals, labels are magnetic.
Your soul deserves accuracy.” via What Do You Call Yourself?. The Irish say ‘Give a dog a bad name and you can hang him’. Why not give yourself a good name? What you call yourself matters! As the great philosopher Pink so clearly stated:
“You’re so mean when you talk
About yourself. You were wrong.
Change the voices in your head
Make them like you instead.”
via PINK LYRICS – Fuckin’ Perfect.
Very Demotivational – The Demotivational Posters Blog via IRISH YOGA.
“When mistrust comes in, love goes out.” ~Irish saying.
An old friend of mine felt betrayed by her boyfriend, but chose not to leave him. Instead, she made him pay for it over and over again.
Through subtle digs and less subtle slights, she repeatedly expressed that she felt contempt for him. But instead of forgiving or walking away, she stayed behind a wall of resentment.
Soon he started responding in kind, until their relationship became a container for mutual silent bitterness. It was two people sharing a suffocating space, overwhelmed by the weight of everything they didn’t say.
I suspect many of us can relate to that feeling of clinging to a grievance. In at least one of our relationships, we’ve felt angry and indignant, and despite wanting to forgive, we just couldn’t.
I know I’ve been there before.
It’s not easy to forget when someone breaks your trust, especially if you fear it might be broken again, but holding onto doubt is a surefire way to suffer.
Little hurts worse than the suspicion that someone else might hurt you.
This isn’t the kind of thing you can just brush off through positive thinking. You can’t make yourself feel trusting by telling yourself you should be, or rationalizing away your feelings.
The reality is it takes time and effort to trust again. It takes the courage to acknowledge how you feel and willingness from the other person to hear and honor it. It takes a mutual commitment to move beyond what happened instead of reliving and rehashing.
But most importantly, it requires you to believe in the goodness of the person who hurt you.
You have to believe someone can treat you with respect and consideration—even if it takes you a while to get there—or else you’ll never let your guard down. That’s a painful place to be.
The thing about being defensive is that everything becomes a battle, and no one ever wins.
Of course this doesn’t mean we can ever know for certain that someone won’t hurt us again. The only way we can know if we’re able to trust someone is by first giving them trust.
That means we need to ask ourselves: Is this relationship worth that risk?
Is it worth feeling vulnerable?
Is it worth letting go of the story?
And if it’s worth it, what would it look like to give trust, starting right now?
I wonder what the internet connection is like here? Cabin Porn via White cabin in Connemara, Ireland. Submitted by Anna Marina….
The ever controversial Niall O’Dowd writes this:
If the Queen of England were an elected position Elizabeth II would have been forced out long ago.
Her sixty-year reign has coincided with the total loss of the British Empire and a deeply reduced place for Britain in the world.
Just consider 1953, the year she came to the throne.
It was still the aftermath of the Second World War and Britain was first among all countries in Europe.
The detested Germans were defeated and partitioned and their economy and country seemingly in ruins.
Fast forward 60 years and the Germans are running Europe again and Britain is back to being sick man of Europe along with Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Ireland of course.
They hardly have a voice in European affairs which are now overseen by France and Germany basically.
Back in 1953 the new Queen oversaw an empire that governed vast tracts of land in Africa, Asia, Europe, and elsewhere on the globe.
During her reign the British were reduced to fighting Argentina over an utterly nondescript island called Malvinas/Falklands and playing second fiddle to American forces just about everywhere.
The decline and fall of the British Empire under Elizabeth in another era would have resulted in a trial and the Tower of London for a goodly spell methinks.” Get more here: Why the Queen who lost the British Empire is still revered — Elizabeth II lucky she’s not locked in the Tower of London | Periscope Niall O’Dowd | IrishCentral.
I’m not sure I have a retort…
Bright, shiny objects! 