September 11, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Checking our stuck state Given we are all at the effect of powerful algorithms that manipulate our thinking – not one of us is immune to this – we need regular practices to challenge our thinking and position. Consider a variation of the following. Is it...
September 6, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
The hard work of being in integrity A little personal check-in 1. List your beliefs about the world, others, global events, and things that make you mad, angry, protectionist, or righteous. I might list the following. *Our capitalist system, the way we consider...
September 2, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Surrounded by dolphins This morning, I was literally surrounded by dolphins. They were touching distance from me. A half dozen to my front, and an equal amount behind me. They were playing as dolphins do, at Watego Beach, Byron Bay. Catching waves. Surfing. For at...
September 1, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
I don’t know When tangled emotions are jumbled with fragmented thoughts. Our reflexive responses do not make sense. Who am I? What is this striking snake that lies mostly dormant in me? Why strike now? I don’t know. It doesn’t make sense. There is no beginning thread...
August 31, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
On this day A blue supermoon. The chance for Australians to recognise their First Nations people for the first time in the Constitution. The last day of winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Cyclones and floods in Florida. Another coup in West Africa, as colonised...
August 29, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Surrender To surrender – To give up, to deliver over. On one pole, we have helplessness, inertia, complete lack of resistance, care-lessness, disempowerment. On the other pole, we have a fight-to-the-death, against all odds, endure, never give up. The extremes...
