November 29, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Conflicts of celebration In Australia we have Australia Day. It falls on January 26th. Some people call it Occupation Day. It should not be celebrated at all, for it only celebrates colonisation. When the colonising population celebrates their colonising, we, the...
November 28, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
When we breathe, we breathe tree Recall a memory of an experience you have had with a tree that was special. You may have climbed it as a child, or it could be a tree you sat under to escape the world. See the tree in your mind’s eye. See it as separate to...
November 27, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
Why do we need new language Words create worlds. When the world we have needs to be re-created, when many of us aspire to ensure our beautiful world continues to exist for humans and all creatures, then we need new language. My intuition says in many cases we are not...
November 26, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
Let us begin here “We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” – James Baldwin This is such a clear point made by James Baldwin. Oppression comes in many shades....
November 25, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The shadow of hypocrisy You can be an immigrant and then insist there be no more immigrants. You can point a finger at corruption in the ‘others’ and then step over it in your tribe. You can claim massive tax cuts and then cry that those on welfare are the ones...
November 24, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Tumbling There was a lot of tumbling in the surf today. Inelegant. Arms. Legs. Higgeldy-piggledy. There is something truly magnificent about being tossed around like a piece of straw by the might of the ocean. She teaches respect. Something our captains of government...
