May 15, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
The word for world is forest – Ursula K Le Guin. A forest, infinitely complex. Chaotic yet patterned. Demonstrating cycles, nothing unused. Even death is essential to life. Creatures at every level, from deep in the dark soil to those who cross the skies. ...
May 14, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Are you strong enough to know you will be weakened by temptation one day? We all need guardians against our temptations. No human is strong enough to resist certain temptations, even if we think we are. Oscar Wilde said I can resist anything except temptation. The...
May 13, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
True rebellion is collective I went to see the movie Star Wars – the Empire Strikes Back – when I was at University in Melbourne, Australia. I was still a teenager. It was a 10 PM session. I was captivated. Completely. Lost for two hours in a world of...
May 12, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
Balming with love Working for, working with, working against. People, life, humanity. Designing systems that work for and with, never against. Being used or being useful. Knowing the difference. Refusing to use, or be used. Occupying the story of the victim, or...
May 11, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
I know integrity when I see it Because it comes without fanfare, drama, posturing, demand, or tantrums. Integrity is to hold shape. To be fully aligned, from deep in our marrow through our heart and head, no need for false or fake projections. A tree is integrity A...
May 10, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Shut down and hollowed out I was speaking to someone this week and asked if they had ever had a relationship with anyone where the relationship was safe enough for them to express their vulnerability. They said no. No one. Four decades of living, and no deep intimate...