July 15, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
How do you get a turkey to vote for Christmas? You start a culture war and have people vote against their own interest by stoking fear of the minority ‘other’ stealing their job, house, toilet privacy or opportunity. With the great magician’s sleight of hand, as...
July 12, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The profit of abuse Fear, hate and violence sell. Sadly, these things sell more than love, beauty and delight. I wonder what about humans has us quest for drama. The battle to be fort and won. The glee of winning. Of being right. That lick of satisfaction. I was...
July 10, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The polarity pendulum is reaching its extreme I have been ruminating on the state of corruption in the world. Corruption – of material matter especially dead bodies, and of souls and morals. Spiritual contamination. Soiling, seducing, bribe. When we understand...
July 6, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Acts of great love To dare to care enough to call people to account, to hold them to a better, yet to-be-expressed version of themselves, is an act of love. When people react with venom, when they blame, justify, and strike out, this is the soft wound they harbour,...
July 2, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Rally people to revolution Passivity and not feeling like we can change things are desired by many as a way to seize power. Bringing the people to despair, hopelessness, and helplessness. Keep them submissive. The weapons to do this often include reducing people to...
June 28, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Safe Uncertainty The world is uncertain. From the direction of the wind to the length of our lives, we cannot know exactly what tomorrow will bring. The desire for neat, scripted lives, where tomorrow looks similar to today, can be compelling, yet is ultimately going...