October 30, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
36 kgs 36 kgs of bombs for every man, woman and child in Gaza since October 7th 2023. 36 Kg of bombs for every person. Is it possible to even wrap our minds around that? Gaza is a bomb site, rubble, asbestos, shredded people. Blown to smithereens by hate and fear. ...
October 29, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Indigenous education, eldership and rites of passage Adults are supposed to keep growing up, becoming wiser, more mature in responses, not so reactive and reflexive. There is no – I have arrived at some endpoint of my development. There is only the journey....
October 28, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Thought whiplash We are smoothly sailing through life, our thoughts and beliefs on an even keel. Comfort lives here. With comfort comes an early edge of satisfaction. And with satisfaction the seeds of entitlement can take root. Entitlement is the close cousin of...
October 27, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Citizens beware In these times, it is helpful to know the games being played and our part in them. Autocracy – led by one person. Gerontocracy – led by the old people. Can happen in a democracy where the prevailing population is older. Plutocracy –...
October 26, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
I don’t know how to do this What a beautiful place to be, not knowing how to do something. An adventure of discovery awaits. In the solving for, we stumble, make mistakes, recalibrate. In this age of search, the solutions to most things are one or two clicks away....
October 25, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Navigating between In one inhale, my anger roils. I want to scream to the depths of my being against the atrocities enacted in my name by my and other Western governments. While my rage engulfs, my heart breaks. In the next inhale, the well of grief and heartbreak...
