April 7, 2010 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
What Lies Beneath Over the Easter weekend, my beautiful little dog of 13 years, Muffin, went missing. She had just had a bath and so was without any form of ID. Her normal collar has her name and our phone number on it. How she got out, I have no idea. She has never...
March 7, 2010 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
That Sweet Moon Language – poetry of Hafiz and our search for love We want to be loved. We want connection. Heart to heart. It really is that simple. Everything else, all of it, is just the act of not wanting to expose the core of our need and vulnerability. So...
January 17, 2010 | Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
A Perfect Sunday Morning on the Gold Coast My regret today was that I didn’t have a camera to capture some of the incredible beauty. I was running, so a camera may be difficult to carry. I have to hold the perfection in my soul instead. Given the high temperatures and...
January 1, 2010 | Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
Simplicity on the other side of illusory complexity Want to lose weight? Eat less food (preferably eat fresh local food) Get more exercise. Want to get out of debt? Spend less money. Pay off your debts first. Want to be happy? Stop thinking miserable thoughts. Do more...
December 16, 2009 | Current Affairs, Personal Sustainability
Boy do we make things complex Take climate change, for example. Yep, there is a lot of competing evidence one way or another, and sure, there are so many stakeholders with so many fingers in so many pies, but really, guys, have we forgotten the basics? The giant...
November 6, 2009 | Personal Development, Personal Sustainability, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The Divided Life – coming home to the whole of us We are scattered like a thousand pieces across our world. There is the part of us that appears like we “have it all together” in public. The part of us that is terrified of what people would think if they saw...