April 17, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
The Unexpected One minute, the direction is clear. The day planned. And, just like that, it becomes thoroughly unplanned. In that instant, everything changes. We learn, in these moments, to cherish the things that matter most. Yesterday, in the surf, someone said an...
April 16, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The synergy of thinking and feeling I am a person of high intellect. This is not a boast. It is. I read. I think. I consider. I learn from others. I was born this way, with books all around me from very early in my life. For years, well-meaning people have told me...
April 15, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Everyone is the other Faraz Tahir. A young man who sought refuge in Australia. Remember and honour his name. Now deceased. Doing his job. In the wrong place at the wrong time. Helping others escape a deranged man hell-bent on killing women. Only one year in Australia,...
April 14, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
How do you hold this contradiction Against a backdrop of a deadly rampage in Sydney yesterday, the Middle East on the precipice of war, and Germany ejecting people for speaking for Palestine, this morning was beautiful in my local hood. The sunrise from the water was...
April 13, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Universal Human Rights Universal human rights are either universal or they mean nothing. War crimes are war crimes no matter who perpetrates them. To accuse someone of a war crime does not make you an anti that race of people who are committing the war crime. It makes...