May 7, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Pomp and ceremony This morning walking on the beach, a couple are having professional photographs of themselves to capture their pregnancy. It is a thing to do. Like baby showers, and gender reveals. My head spins with all the ceremonies we have created to bookmark...
May 6, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
I can see for miles It is one of those autumn days, cold crisp morning, the stream off the ocean a clear sign that the water temperate is far warmer than the air. Not a cloud in the sky. I can see for miles. I think about this. What I can see. And how far. It begs...
May 5, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Wilful blindness Today anything touched by digital can be perverted from an expression of truth. This includes photos. Videos. Articles. Extracts from scientific journals. A note from a well-known institution. A supposed letter from a friend. Our fall into the shadow...
May 4, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
When the dark hour is the greatest We do not get to live a wonderful life without going through the crucible experience more than once. When we are in the depths of pain, confusion, loss and despair, all that is not us is invited to be melted away. What matters? What...
May 3, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
How to measure your life One of the most important conversations to have with ourselves in our late teens and twenties is why are we here? What is our purpose? What matters most? How do we arrange our priorities? And are we choosing our purpose, priorities and what...
May 2, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Don’t aim to be the best be the only Don’t aim to be the best, be the only, is a quote from the remarkable Kevin Kelly. I learned to live this quote the hard way. For most of my life I tried to be a carbon copy of someone else. Or a facsimile of many others smushed...
