August 3, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
A whale encounter This time it was me. After weeks out of the water for a host of reasons, it was back today, seeking to gather my surfing confidence. Winter surfing. Cold wind. Blue skies. And then a whale. Right beside me. I missed the best part of it, facing the...
August 1, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Symphonies of Universe Five years ago my love kissed me for the first time. I call it our kiss anniversary, as after an eight-month friendship runway, it catapulted us within days into a partnership that delights us both. I love the contours of a relationship. From...
July 29, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Emotional equilibrium This morning, an incident happened in the pool I swim in, and I went from normal to rage in a nanosecond. In reflecting upon this episode, I got a peak into a sea of rage that is lying simmering inside. Wow, look at that, I said to myself. So...
July 28, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
The simple step of the courageous individual The simple step of the courageous individual is to not take part in the lie. Aleksander Solzhenitsyn Not to take part in the lie. In any way. To point to it as a lie. This is courageous. Heartfelt. Wholehearted. Aleksander...
July 22, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
We must know when our time is up Oh age. She slows you down. Things break. The bounce is not quite as bouncy. The progress of age is in a million steps. I watch myself slip to the back of the line in the squad I swim with. I chat with my body about its protests over...
July 21, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The simplicity of integrity It is indeed a lost art. Integrity. To hold your shape. To not capitulate to money, power, status and fame. To connect to the root of the root of our being. The honesty. To be, thoroughly, consistently, a stand for the values of integrity...
