by Dr Phil Brennan | Sep 11, 2020 | Phils Blog
There’s nowhere to turn when the storm picks up. The sea rages with ferocious intent as crested sails struggle to withstand the tumult. Waves crash against the brow as if to test our defiance. Out here in the wildness of the ocean, we find ourselves tossed about by...
by Dr Phil Brennan | Aug 4, 2020 | Phils Blog
Walking in the steps of St. Declan from Cashel in Co. Tipperary to Ardmore in Co. Waterford lingers with you long after your odyssey is complete. Here on this ancient ‘Rian Bó Padraigh’ once trodden by the saints of old, we pass castles and forts, holy wells and...
by Dr Phil Brennan | Jun 25, 2020 | Phils Blog
“Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the roads which lie ahead, and those over which we have travelled, and if the future road looms ominous and unpromising, and the roads back uninviting, then we need to gather our resolve and, carrying only the...
by Dr Phil Brennan | Jun 1, 2020 | Phils Blog
“You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.” (Frederich Nietzsche) When dreams are shattered, we search for meaning in the rubble. 10 years ago this week, my hope of one day bringing a state of the art cinema to my hometown was realised. So many...
by Dr Phil Brennan | May 5, 2020 | Phils Blog
“I have a feeling that my boat has struck, down there in the depths, against a great thing. And nothing happens! Nothing… Silence… Waves… Nothing happens? Or has everything happened, and we are standing now, quietly, in this new life?” (Juan Ramon Jimenez, translated...
by Dr Phil Brennan | Apr 8, 2020 | Phils Blog
“If in the dusk of the twilight, dimmed be the region afar Will not the deepening darkness, brighten the glimmering star. Then when the night is upon us, why should the heart sink away, When the dark midnight is over, watch for the break of day. Whispering hope, O how...
