A BLESSING FOR EQUILIBRIUM.
BY JOHN O’DONOHUE, from ‘Benedictus – A Book of Blessings’

Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore,
May the music of laughter break through your soul.

As the wind wants to make everything dance,
May your gravity be lightened by grace.

Like the freedom of the monastery bell,
May clarity of mind make your eyes smile.

As water takes whatever shape it is in,
So free may you be about who you become.

As silence smiles on the other side of what’s said,
May a sense of irony give you perspective.

As time remains free of all that it frames,
May fear or worry never put you in chains.

May your prayer of listening deepen enough
To hear in the distance the laughter of God.

an inspirational man to be sure
my mother said that she wouldn't be surprised if he overloaded his brain from all his work
do you know what he died of?
Thats a few of these sort of personalities that passed on recently John Moriarty and Christy Kennealy are two others
John Moriarty would have been fairly similar
heres a site in the same vein you might enjoy
http://www.aislingmagazine.com/

That was beautiful, Abailart. Thank you.