The Garden of Self Awareness or Conformity?
I have always chosen to be myself. I am working for myself and it is really interesting when I do find myself in workplaces they appear somewhat foreign to me now, as I am so used to just being me. The behaviour of conformity or being seen to be, just jumps out at me. As… Continue reading
McNamara: Lessons from War and Peace Perspectives
Robert McNamara in the previous blog featured in a documentary called the Fog of War depicting his recollections of pivotal wars in US history. It appears to me to be an honest account and retrospectively drawing upon his own lessons that he learned from mistakes. I feel from his experience he is… Continue reading
Natural Ecosystems Still Exist Alongside Ancient Villages
I remember when I flew into Russia to clown with Patch Adams. I was struck looking out the window from the plane the lush forests that literally divided East from West. Even when I flew from the UK to Europe I was again struck by how every square inch is cultivated. Of course I’ve seen… Continue reading
Take Ownership of Your Stewardship
I love our planet earth. I’ve travelled the world and just stared out the plane window just in awe of the vastness, the hugeness, the diversity, the magnificence of this planet. I travelled the World to deepen my reality of what we are losing here. Planet earth is the only one we… Continue reading
Acceptance of Diversity Leads to Unity
UNITY IS PEACE
The United Nations cited 400 years
before we reach equality,
Yet I ask what is equality?
Is it to be equal?
Yet no-one is equal,
For diversity is the greatest consistency,
Between and within the sexes,
For uniqueness
Originates within the self.
So what is the problem?
Are we speaking of a… Continue reading
Returning to Peace in a Steady State of Self Awareness
Returning to Peace in a Steady State of Self Awareness
When a butterfly flaps its wings,
Are there earthquakes in Chile?
When cyclones oscillate across the coastline of Australia,
Are there ice melts in Greenland?
When oil spills
When carbon is unnaturally released,
When corals bleach,
When animals become extinct,
Does that mean the extinction… Continue reading