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...
April 12, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Bucky Fuller-Critical Path, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House Audre Lorde counsels us that “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House.” Bucky Fuller said that rather than seek to change the existing system, build new models that make the existing...
April 11, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
A melange and bricolage of thoughts Today, I received the draft ideas for the layout of my first book, Beauty of Beginnings. After six years and three months of daily writing, a collection of these contemplations is on the journey to publication. The layout has been...
April 10, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Out of my comfort zone It is such a beautiful morning. For the first time this year, the temperature dropped, and a touch of winter was evident. Blessed relief after a horrid, humid summer. My partner is recovering from surgery, unable to surf for six weeks. I go...
April 9, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The Tyranny of Structurelessness The absolute rule of cruelty, where rules are for the ruled, never for the tyrant. Or where there is a perception that structure and regulations inhibit freedom. Power wants to do whatever the hell they like when they like it. If we...