March 22, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Disruption To be disrupted. To break apart. Shatter into pieces. Split. I am on holiday, camping in a National Park on the East Coast of Australia, meters from the beach. I woke this morning to the sound of dingos calling. Their distinct sound is a wailing-type peal...
March 18, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Seeking truth I am writing this while camped right by the beach in a National Park on the East Coast of Australia. The weather is restricting our activities today, which means reading, walking in the rain, contemplating, and listening to podcasts—all rich pursuits,...
March 10, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability, Syntropic Enterprise
Blow the doors off In a world of mediocrity, we want awe. We long for the experience of wow wow wow. We can find these moments in common places. Losing ourselves to the phenomena of birth. Or the marvel of communication between species. In our working and personal...
March 4, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Endurance Sport, Personal Development
Reconciling aging and fitness You will find me out doing hard physical exercise seven mornings a week, well before dawn. This habit built over 35 years. At least twice a week, I am in the pool, swimming laps with a squad. Currently, I am struggling to make peace with...
March 3, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Both ways We cannot ask for honesty when we lie. Respect when we treat others with disrespect. Cry for freedom from hate while we rage against certain types of people. Love as a principle, be that a moral, ethical or religious principle, cannot be dissected into...
February 24, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
A mind all logic A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. Rabindranath Tagore Logic on steroids cuts deep. The bleed is everything that makes life gorgeous. The mysterious. Senses that defy containment. Beauty. Love. Laughter....