Blind light

A friend of mine who at one time in her life had reasonable eyesight once said to me that she could see a lot better now that she was blind. The older I get, the more I understand what she was saying.

It seems clear to me now that myself and my two brothers were ill equipped for adult life. Fear was the predominant atmosphere in our family home. As such our formative years were less than ideal. It is a bit like a preordained map. Failed marriages, fear of relationships, some struggling children. There is a…

Our evening last October in the National Concert Hall was the best night of my life to date. So many friends on the stage and in the audience of Ireland’s leading music venue. It seemed to me that we did a good job for the NCH. We sold around 900 seats, attracted people who had…

At the risk of boring my millions of readers, I am going to give a few more words on the mental health gig. I was chatting with a friend recently who actually works in the life coaching business. It seems he has developed a protocol around activating the parasympathetic nervous system. There are four aspects…

It has been eight days since the last meaningful football match. I am not impressed with this Inaction. The World Cup kicks off on Thursday. I am counting the seconds.

I am the youngest of three brothers. In the last few years it has become apparent to me that this is something of an issue in my family. Recently, I sent the mental health podcast that I’m listening to along to my brothers given the relevance it has for how things were when we were…

Dukkha is the Buddhist term for suffering.There are times when my mind is very much in dukkha mode. The parasympathetic nervous system is the network of nerves which relaxes your body after stress. It seems to me that the latter is a better bet than the former.  Inhaling breath through the nose, holding for…

I have two main ambitions in life.First up has to be peace of mind. Following on closely behind is my long held desire to become the worlds leading vision impaired, Guinness guzzllng, cocktail sipping classical guitarist. No major news on this front. 31 pieces to my name with the high bar of Receurdos de la…

Arsenal were beaten last night on penalties in the Champions League final. My pet theory that they would win both the Premier League and the Champions League did not come about. It would appear that I do not know everything. 

I was chatting with a friend recently about the whole mental health gig. She made the very good point to me that happiness is within. I could not agree with her more. Self acceptance and living in the moment seem to be the key phrases to me. It’s a bit like learning a new piece…