Perspectives

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 When I lived In Cork, people used to say that Cahirsiveen was a long way off, remote, the end of nowhere and a place to go to get away. This evening I was lookng at the lights of Valentia and the channel markers guiding a boat in.  It dawned on me,  that  opinion and perspective depends really on where you consider your centre to be. This evening Cahirsiveen is no distance at all away from anywhere!

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