June 28, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Safe Uncertainty The world is uncertain. From the direction of the wind to the length of our lives, we cannot know exactly what tomorrow will bring. The desire for neat, scripted lives, where tomorrow looks similar to today, can be compelling, yet is ultimately going...
June 27, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Private sufficiency public luxury Think about this type of world, where we have clear boundaries around our private enoughness, and we live in a world of public luxury. Public luxury? Excellent health care, education, elder and child care for all, funded publicly. No...
June 26, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
The mushy protected spaces of vulnerability To be truly intimate is risky. We must allow ourselves to be seen. All-seen. The shadow and the light. Our brilliance and our BS. All walls and protections down. Sometimes, if we have surfaced from trauma and low-trust...
June 25, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Human apex predators Apex predators are those at the top of the food chain. They have no natural predators seeking to kill them. (Other than humans) Lions. Great White Sharks. Crocodiles. Killer Whales. There has been considerable debate about humans being apex...
June 24, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Do we ever tire of beauty Do we ever tire of beauty? Do I look at the sunrise and get bored? Some days, like these glorious midwinter days when the air is cold and the sky is clear, the sunrise might look similar from day to day. Yet I am as excited as a child each...
