February 9, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
True strength One of my favourite times of the day is well before dawn, when it is still dark. This morning, my dawn started at a beachside National Park on the mid New South Wales Coast. Far from a city, the night sky was a riot of stars. Birds had not yet begun...
November 25, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The shadow of hypocrisy You can be an immigrant and then insist there be no more immigrants. You can point a finger at corruption in the ‘others’ and then step over it in your tribe. You can claim massive tax cuts and then cry that those on welfare are the ones...
July 9, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
We are not the ones in control The ocean It has always been the ocean, my love. The place where my soul is nourished. When I am far from the ocean I feel a loss and yearning. She is the most inspiring teacher. She reminds me, again and again, of my insignificance....
April 8, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Arrogance I know you well. “disposed to give oneself undue importance, aggressively haughty” Arrogance is expressed in so many different ways. Intellectual arrogance is a superiority of knowledge and intellectual ability. It is a weapon used against those who...
July 24, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The supreme challenge of steward leadership Can someone like Vladimir Putin be reined in by love and diplomacy? I think not. This man knows only the sword, power, accumulation and domination. To treat him as if he will capitulate to soft threats is to be a fool. Our...
