Flock of Colors

"A person should always offer a prayer of graciousness for the love that has awakened in them. When you feel love for your beloved and his or her love for you, now and again you should offer the warmth of your love as a blessing for those who are damaged and unloved. Send that love out into the world to people who are desperate; to those who are starving; to those who are trapped in prison; in hospitals and all the brutal terrains of bleak and tormented lives. When you send that love out from the bountifulness of your own love, it reaches other people. This love is the deepest power of prayer."
— John O’Donohue, Anam Cara “The Wounded Gift”

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I would have loved to known the Irish poet and philosopher John O'Donohue when he was alive.  He left this earth far too soon but left behind a very big imprint on the hearts of many people.  And he left behind stories and thoughts and beautiful prayers.  I think he would have made a fantastic friend... he understood the light and dark of the heart, he listened to the earth, he laughed. 
Take a quiet moment to listen to John himself reading one of his prayers in his own voice.  This is such a beautiful prayer and it means even more to me actually hearing his soft Irish voice. 
I hope your weekend is filled with a flock of color.
    .ryn

                                          photo credit: ryn