John O’Donohue

A Celtic Tradition from Anam Cara An idea to live by. Colleen Keating

colleen General, Poetry ,
“There is a lovely idea in the Celtic tradition that if you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share
that which is happy or good within you, it will all come back to you multiplied ten thousand times.
In the kingdom of love there is no competition, there is no possessiveness or control.
The more love you give away, the more love you will have.” 💚
-Anam Cara
John O’Donohue died #otd 4 January 2008

Time to be slow – John O’Donohue

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Time to be slow

This is the time to be slow,
Lie low to the wall
Until the bitter weather passes.

Try, as best you can, not to let
The wire brush of doubt
Scrape from your heart
All sense of yourself
And your hesitant light.

If you remain generous,
Time will come good;
And you will find your feet
Again on fresh pastures of promise,
Where the air will be kind
And blushed with beginning.

John O’Donohue, Irish poet and philosopher

Excerpt from his books, To Bless the Space Between Us (US) / Benedictus (Europe)

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Photo: Fanore, Co. Clare / Ireland – 2019 © Ann Cahill