Breagha

An interesting evening at a friend's home where we had a gathering to share the influence on our lives of creativity .We were asked to bring an image , music or a piece of writing which had had a positive impact on our lives as part of interfaith week . I shared a poem by RS Thomas :

'The Bright Field

I have seen the sun break through
to illuminate a small field
for a while, and gone my way
and forgotten it. But that was the
pearl of great price, the one field that had
treasure in it. I realise now
that I must give all that I have
to possess it. Life is not hurrying

on to a receding future, nor hankering after
an imagined past. It is the turning
aside like Moses to the miracle
of the lit bush, to a brightness
that seemed as transitory as your youth
once, but is the eternity that awaits you.'


Here is Breagha , Lorna's dog and the smile of a beautiful young woman called Amy.