February 2, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Worth living and dying for On Saturday, the 31st of January, we held a small memorial service for my father and his wife, both of them passing within 39 days of each other. I spent 45 minutes writing a beautiful piece about this, intending to post it in Beauty of...
January 30, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Normal What is normal, I ask myself? Is there such a thing? When we were younger, we took more risks. As we age, this little rock of fear finds its way into our architecture. We don’t jump. Climb. Learn a new skill. Or throw caution to the wind. Normal is a...
January 29, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings
The waters of our soul The ocean never lies One day calm The next enraged Home to a world of worlds Pretty, then deadly She will embrace you, swallow you or spit you out And in her depths, currents move That few see For her surface entrances The Ocean never lies She...
January 28, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Happiness and despair, complementary pairs Much has been written about happiness in recent times. While I am a fan of being happy, why place the search for happiness at the centre of our existence? For one to know true happiness, one must also know the depths of...
January 27, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Crying over a chicken I am howling with grief as I write this. We had to euthanise little Stephanie, the chicken. She was such a fighter. One of her legs did not work, for a reason not known to us. We hand-fed her for nearly a week. And still she persisted. Even after...
