Soulfull Thoughts

By Mary O'Neill

From our earliest childhood we constantly and continuously process all around us. The people in our lives, what we see, what we feel, what we like or what we dislike. Our feelings are like waves of the ocean, rising and falling, with emotions of hurt or joy, expectation or regret and disappointment, then sometimes like a calm sea with bright sunshine. We all know a memory of a moment can last a lifetime. Sometimes an experience triggers a connection that is forever embedded in our mind. It is our thinking makes us who we are, but so often we just move on from the moment, the people in our lives, events, animals, nature. The lines of verse in this book are words expressing the thoughts, perceptions and feelings in relation to a few life experiences.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Sep 19, 2019
• ISBN: 9781728393766

Mary O'Neill

I am a wife, a mother, a grandmother and a great-grandmother. I have lived through an era from sugar and tea being rationed to stores that could feed a nation. Transport being mainly bicycle, horse and cart or on foot, to a car for everyone in the family. Communication of the grapevine, national newspapers or for urgent news - the telegram, to IT of 2020 instant communication. A transition from so little material wealth and comfort for ordinary people to an era of beyond belief wealth and comfort.

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Soulfull

Thoughts

Mary O’Neill

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Published by AuthorHouse 09/19/2019

ISBN: 978-1-7283-9375-9 (sc)

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Contents

1. Miracles

2. Daffodils

3. The Plovers

4. A Falling Star

5. Heartsease

6. The Glen

7. Water

8. Spring Leaves

9. Among The Beech And Oak

10. Grass

11. The Bee

12. The Seeds

13. Unique Qualities

14. Mother Earth

15. A Perfect Day

16. Back To Basics

17. Spring

18. The Robin

19. The Swallow

20. Gardening

21. The Oak Tree

22. My Favourite Season In The Garden

23. My Special Place

24. Herbal Year

25. The Beach

26. On The Shore

27. The Sea

28. The Moon

29. A Shell

30. Thunderous Wave

31. Energy

32. Space

33. By Your Going

34. Clink

35. Mortality

36. An Unborn

37. The Parents

38. The Garden Of My Soul

39. If I Thought

40. Death

41. A Loved One

42. Bird Song

43. You Are Always With Me

44. A Fly

45. Our Loved Ones

46. Maura

47. Bernie

48. Colleen

49. Phil

50. I Sympathise

51. Dawn

52. What We Leave Behind

53. Love The Little Ones

54. Nothing Changes

55. Wealth Money Cannot Measure

56. Rosebud

57. The Day The Pleasure Factory Broke Down

58. What A Wonderful World

59. Today

60. Congrats On Your Irish Citizenship

61. Listen

62. More Than Love

63. Brooke - New Born

64. I Love You

65. The Ruined Abbey

66. To The Newlweds

67. My Soulmate

68. Elvis

69. Life In An Instant

70. The Fire

71. Your First Babygro

72. Angel Rod

73. Free

74. You Have An Angel

75. Time

76. A Moment

77. Life

78. Reality

79. Radio Éireann

80. Illusions

81. A Thought

82. Love

83. Sunbeam

84. Questions

85. Poor Old Teddy

86. Lyons Tea Tokens

87. The Old Woman

88. Limerick (Gay Byrne Show)

89. Student

90. Eternity

91. Thank You Granny

92. Women

93. The Auction

94. Sheila Wingfield

95. Youth

96. Be Free Of Fear

97. Wexford

98. Peace

99. 1798

100. Conflict

101. Good Friday 1998

102. Enough Is Enough

103. The Celtic Tiger

104. Life Is Like A Maze

105. For-Get-Me-Nots

106. Thoughts

107. Our Friend – Our Breath

108. Silence

109. Embrace The Child Within

110. Wonky Boat

111. Stubble Field

112. Life

113. The Cry Of The Quadriphlegic

114. Perfection

115. My Soul

116. Me

117. Seashore

118. Feelings

119. Walk

120. Sea Of Life

121. Shells

122. Change The Tune

123. A Life Examined

124. When We Are Dealt A Hand That Hurts

125. I Am The Mother

126. Ireland

127. God Bless

128. World War

129. The Old Woman

130. Who Tells

131. You Have An Angel

132. The Wind

133. The Shoes

134. The Swallow

135. Water

136. Before We Go

137. Our Loved Ones

138. Thank You God

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SOULFULL THOUGHTS

True salvation is freedom from negativity, and above all from past and future as a psychological need.

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1. Miracles

Yes I believe in miracles,

the miracle of every baby born

that goes to make the human race,

all the seeds sown that become

trees stout and strong,

the tides that come and go

conducted by the moon,

the sun that gives light and heat

and colours so bright

and together with the rain

that gathers in the clouds,

grows the food we eat.

The human brain -

the master of ingenuity

and author of technology.

The mountains and the rivers,

the sea that laps at every shore.

The bark of the dog and bleat of sheep,

the animals in the wild,

whose wisdom beggars belief.

The bees that buzz in the noonday sun.

the smell of a rose,

bird song at dawn and golden sunset.

Yes I believe in miracles

and could go on and on.

2. Daffodils

Fresh green shoots open

leaves silently unfurl

time of life and hope.

Yellow daffodils trumpet

long days and sunshine.

3. The Plovers

The rain filled clouds

in the menacing winter sky,

hung down to meet

the shrouded mountain

and the climbing forest.

The slender morning sun

made glistening gems

of a flock of plovers

swooping and soaring

in their exotic dance.

Suddenly the clouds cleared,

but I stood stock still,

spellbound by the beauty

and magic of the scene.

4. A Falling Star

A full moon shines in a clear starry sky,

everything is still and quiet,

a field mouse scurries in dry leaves.

Mars, Venus, Jupiter

the Milky Way and countless stars

sparkle and twinkle like fairy lights.

Suddenly a star falls,

as I watch the shower of sparkling shards,

I make a wish -

that everyone I know and love

can experience a moment like this.

5. Heartsease

Viola Tricolour so brave and true.

it doesn’t face the sky,

but looks you in the eye,

with a perky prancing dance,

clad in the colour of kings,

the sunshine kissing its lips,

each one standing so close,

yet not crowding or crushing,

the more you take,

the more it has to give.

Just to look at the little flower

can ease the ache in your heart.

6. The Glen

The rising trees cast stark shadows in