Good morning J.

...and Happy St. Patrick's Day to you too....so I'm thinking about our beloved Johnny O'Donahue this morning and the of the time I spent with him at one of his three day workshops.

In his gentle and soft spoken voice he looked at us and said....

"Just stop all this spiritual talk all the time, just lighten up, go out and dance, and laugh and have some fun for goodness sake, and have a pint for me while you're at it!"

"There's a great spring in you

all bud and blossom

and March laughter

I've always loved...

...I look around and see

the last days of winter

broken away

for all those

listening or watching,

all come to life now

with the first pale sun on their face

for many a month,

remembering how to laugh"

- from 'Looking out from Clare'

J. O'Donahue