TO get everyone on the same page down in City Hall — Mayor, executive, and councillors alike — could we perhaps send them all off on a retreat up to East Clare or somewhere to manifest their good juju?
Imagine if we could get John Moran and Fine Gael agitators-in-chief Stephen Keary and Adam Teskey in an incense-filled room, sitting comfortably in breezy yoga pants, all dancing in the same direction around a bonfire to work out their differences. In no time at all, the Council would be infused with a magical energy brimming over with love and light.
As their well-earned summer break approaches, I think it would be enriching to have the crew down in Merchant’s Quay embark on a spiritual journey over a couple hours of shamanic spirit drumming. It would do them all the world of good, and the rest of us too.
Year one of the new Council’s term has been a rocky one, and it’s long before time now that Council management and elected representatives learn to let go of the fear.
If Council members would open up to change, I’m sure they would soon realise that what they see in Mayor Moran they also have in themselves. We’re all God’s children!
If the likes of councillors Sarah Kiely and Kieran O’Hanlon would only believe that they can work with our first citizen in a happy-clappy Council chamber, the universe will make it happen.
We are the world, Cllr Kiely. We are the children. Keep that in mind. Your mind is a trap, Cllr O’Hanlon. Just let go!
A transformative journey filled with meditation, mindfulness, and a spot of sound healing and plant-based meals might also have Dr Pat Day and JP McManus grinning gleefully in no time and getting back to the drawing board to discuss Limerick’s biggest white elephant in the room.
Build bridges, councillors, not grudges. Be kind to active travel, the Council’s communications department, and all those enlightened individuals who loved a bit of city centre beach bathing during the month of August.
You are perfect as you are Cllr Keary. I believe in you.
A break away in darkest Scariff, bunked up in mud hut dormitories, would provide the powers that be in local government the opportunity to heal their inner hurts and ultimately, bring abundance to both city and county.
Manifest this change, Cllr Teskey. Do the work and follow your bliss.
By the time they came back from their reiki and rejuvenating acupuncture treatments, LCCC would be ready to bustle with good vibes. Merchant’s Quay could, perhaps, go into the second year of the new term as a sanctuary of wellbeing and personal transformation.
In the words of great thinker Rocky Balboa, “Nobody is gonna hit as hard as life, but it ain’t how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. It’s how much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done.”
I believe in you, councillors.
Remember, we are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving. You’ve got this!
