March 21, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
The word love on its own is not enough Loaded words like love hold a myriad of meanings, which unless understood in context, can be used as a weapon. For example, in the relationship between teenage boys, a deep sense of friendship without any sexual desire is easily...
February 10, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Thoughtfulness My daughter and my partner are exemplars of thoughtfulness. Being with them makes me a better person. Watching them think about others, think about their environment, consider consequences, and repeatedly act with generosity lifts my ability to do the...
January 24, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development
The path to equality When a woman uses relentless provocation against a man, is she surprised when the male lashes out with force? It takes a very emotionally mature male not to resort to the lizard brain of brute. Almost anyone, male or female, when pushed to the...
January 23, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Clear requests are a transmission Making a request is not the same as a demand. A request does not hold an expectation that the answer will be yes. A demand holds the expectation that the answer will be yes. Indeed, a demand insists upon it. When we are making a...
January 9, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Stoking the fires of drama Drama needs drama to keep it alive. You have to read the article, watch the program, read the tweets and speak about it to others. Our media propaganda machine is dependent on humans being caught in the drama net. Drama sells. Drama makes...
December 31, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
The end = the beginning Endings and beginnings are pairs. The finality of endings might be heartbreaking, the loss might feel too hard to bear. Yet as sure as the sun rises and sets, there is a beginning somewhere. Similarly, beginnings might feel enormous,...