August 8, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Just another day Yet it never is just another day. It is the fleeting flicker in time. Children born. People torn apart by war. Monsters putting refugees into boxes on barges. Tyrants imprison their challengers for seeking fair. People facing incurable diseases....
August 3, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
It is difficult to learn if you already know In a world awash with information, much of it a stinking rot or manufactured drama, it is hard to source information that seeks to represent truth while also keeping the reader’s mind open. We must be vigilant of our...
August 2, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Context for aliveness A few days ago I deliberately stepped on a very small cockroach and killed it. I have done this many times before without a second thought. This time I paused and gave this innocent creature my attention right after I had snuffed out its life....
August 1, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Healthy drama The wonderful thing about sports is it is a field for healthy drama. Last night the Aussie team – the Matilida’s – played a match against Olympic Gold medalists, Canada. They had to win to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup. ...
July 31, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Aliveness lives in openness and curiosity We are all biased, soaked in cultural influence, stories, interpretations and worldviews. To think otherwise is to adopt a position of ignorance. The purely objective opinion is fiction. We cannot entangle self from context....
July 28, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Signal and noise We are awash with noise and distraction. In the TV series adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s wonderful American Gods, the God Media is everywhere, always, all at once. Sensory, physical, emotional and spiritual overload. This is our life unless we work to...
