August 2, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Context for aliveness A few days ago I deliberately stepped on a very small cockroach and killed it. I have done this many times before without a second thought. This time I paused and gave this innocent creature my attention right after I had snuffed out its life....
August 1, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Healthy drama The wonderful thing about sports is it is a field for healthy drama. Last night the Aussie team – the Matilida’s – played a match against Olympic Gold medalists, Canada. They had to win to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup. ...
July 31, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Aliveness lives in openness and curiosity We are all biased, soaked in cultural influence, stories, interpretations and worldviews. To think otherwise is to adopt a position of ignorance. The purely objective opinion is fiction. We cannot entangle self from context....
July 30, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
From ownership to possession to domination Perhaps it is time we consider what ownership is. It is mine. I paid for it. I worked hard for it. It is mine by law. What can we own? Can we own land and be enabled to do with that land whatever we want? Can we own animals?...
July 29, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Yes to recognition Consider the times when you have not been seen. People talk right over you. Your opinion is ignored. When there are decisions to be made about matters that you know about, your voice is sidelined. Systemic and cultural dismissal of whole sectors of...
