Blasphemy and Laughing in the Face of Adversity
I’ve just returned from India clowning in orphanages, destitute women’s shelters, deaf children, HIV children, leprosy communities, mentally disturbed patients, hospitals, bonded labour homes and schools amongst many other disadvantaged groups. Our goal, as a group of clowns, was to bring love and laughter to people suffering and isolated. For myself, I only saw their… Continue reading
Would You Go to Work If You Had A Global Basic Income??
Would you go to work if you had a Global Basic Income (GBI)? I have worked in 400 workplaces and seldom met people who enjoyed their jobs. Many didn’t like those on welfare as deep down they were jealous of them not working. Yet work is sold to us as the goal of… Continue reading
Patch Adams: Ending Violence, Child Slavery and Equality
This is a wonderful film of Patch connecting with the Peruvian people. His organisation gesundheit institute supports the Belen Project in Peru.
Patch didn’t say that Laughter is the Best Medicine he felt Friendship was clearly the best medicine, it is the most important thing in life, relationships with those we love. He doesn’t think… Continue reading
Help Each Other And Open Up The Door
Here is another great song by John Farnham called ‘Help’. It is about helping people and in truth this is unconditional love. When a person comes to your door in this life, I would ask you to open it and help them. That person could be you knocking. When we refuse to answer, when we… Continue reading
A World Fit For Children Begs For Your Compassion
There was a little girl with a baby on her hip that was most definitely my teacher in India. It was a moment when I had just visited a Gandhian university and a teacher was organising a bike so I could get to the train. The traffic was full on and it had… Continue reading
Refugees: Do We Help Or Ignore Our Humanity?
My question is – did authorities know the boat was in distress days before? If so, why didn’t they respond. Perhaps the debate should investigate authorities attitudes and if found that distress calls were ignored as a way to punish boat people through death, then I would assert criminality is at play. … Continue reading