Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.– Dalai Lama
Dear Readers,
Wishing you all a Happy New Year and hope you are well and looking forward to 2025.
Wishing you all a Happy New Year and hope you are well and looking forward to 2025.
What better way to start the new year than by resolving to discard negative thoughts replacing them with a positive and compassionate approach to our daily challenges.
First off, Billy Collins (1941-2003) was the American Poet Laureate for the State of New York from 2001-2003. He was also a Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, founded the Mid Atlantic Review with friends, and taught poetry. Collins was selected poet of the year in 1994.
His poem, Shoveling Snow With The Buddha, depicts the Buddha mindfully and serenely engaged in the activity of shoveling snow. There is a message that even in our commonplace everyday activities, we can find meaning that can be thought of as profound.
SHOVELING SNOW WITH BUDDHA
SHOVELING SNOW WITH BUDDHA
When the temperature drops, birds that do not migrate will need to keep their body temperatures up. Their diet can be supplemented by feeding. Other methods of helping birds bear the winter are suggested in this following article.
FEEDING BIRDS IN THE WINTER
FEEDING BIRDS IN THE WINTER
The photos in this section have been taken by various members of the University of the Third Age based in Edinburgh.
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
Monica Kakkar’s three Haiku depict three seasons: spring, summer and autumn.
HAIKU
HAIKU
Here is a recipe by Indra Majupuriato keep you warm on cold winter days. Indra is a famous Nepalese chef.
RECIPE
RECIPE
The following is a new year message from Ringu Tulku Rinpoche.
MESSAGE FROM MAEVE O’SULLIVAN
I’m delighted to report that the sales of my new collection, ‘Where All Ladders Start’ (Alba Publishing), which was launched last month, have now covered all of the printing and launch costs. This means that, from now on, our charity partners UNICEF Ireland will get 20% of all sales revenue, or approx. €3 per copy.
If you don’t already have a copy, and you’d like to buy one, it’s available in Books Upstairs & Winding Stair Bookshop in Dublin and Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop in Galway, or you can get a signed / dedicated one from my website, www.maeveosullivan.com
Oh, and the feedback from readers has been very positive so far 
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