“Vulnerability is not winning or losing it is having the courage to show up when you cannot control the outcome.” Brené Brown
Have you ever noticed how much hum...
“Vulnerability is not winning or losing it is having the cou...
“Starting today, I need to forget what's gone, appreciate what still remains, and look forward to what's coming next.” Anonymous
Today I have a question for you...
“Starting today, I need to forget what's gone, appreciate wh...
Following on from a variety of recent articles regarding the high cost of groceries, I have been asked if I can offer a few thoughts regarding how to cope emoti...
Following on from a variety of recent articles regarding the...
Last week I wrote about the rise of the hybrid human from the perspective of working, this week let’s chat about the realities of waking up one morning to disco...
Last week I wrote about the rise of the hybrid human from th...
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” Stephen Hawking
First there was the newness of the pandemic and the trauma of lockdown.
Then came reactionary ...
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” Stephen Ha...
“Everything old is new again.” Jonathan Swift 1710
Finding commonality in an increasingly diverse world has always been the blessing or downfall of any civilisa...
“Everything old is new again.” Jonathan Swift 1710
Finding c...
Thank you to everyone who reached out to me to after reading last week’s article; your thoughts have inspired me to share a few words on a classic psychological...
Thank you to everyone who reached out to me to after reading...
“Love, and the earth becomes a paradise again. And the immense beauty of love is that it has no reference. Love comes from you for no reason at all. It is your ...
“Love, and the earth becomes a paradise again. And the immen...
“The hardest thing about ‘everything happens for a reason’ is waiting for the reason to come along.”
— Unknown
I have started and deleted the opening se...
“The hardest thing about ‘everything happens for a reaso...
“Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am and what I need – is something I have to find out myself.” Chinua Achebe
In this journ...
“Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me,...
“No good deed goes unpunished.” Oscar Wilde
I have to admit I have often wondered what inspired someone to come up with today’s quote, but I actually had no ide...
“No good deed goes unpunished.” Oscar Wilde
I have to admit ...
“I learn by going where I have to go.” The Waking by Theodore Roethke
As I sit in silence, I say to you this – there is no backwards.
Backwards is but an illus...
“I learn by going where I have to go.” The Waking by Theodo...
“I don’t think I had a nap today, but I’m not sure – I may have slept through part of it.” Anonymous
Today’s article was inspired by the passing remark above th...
“I don’t think I had a nap today, but I’m not sure – I may h...
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” — T.S. Eliot
In case you are still hesitating to come outside, winter is ...
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly fin...
“I used to think time was a thief. But he gives before he takes. Time is a gift. Every minute. Every second.” Alice Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll
It’...
“I used to think time was a thief. But he gives before he ta...
This week at Olderhood we had the unusual experience of being contacted by a malfunctioning e-mail bot.
I say malfunctioning because, as best we can tell, the ...
This week at Olderhood we had the unusual experience of bein...
“Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change.” Frequently attributed to Albert Einstein
Continuing last...
“Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women...
Has the technology of the moment stolen your focus?
That is the question being posed by bestselling author Johann Hari in his new book Stolen Focus: Why You Can...
Has the technology of the moment stolen your focus?
That is ...
I remember a friend from Sweden telling me that Swedish is a very difficult language for non-native speakers to learn because a correct understanding of the lan...
I remember a friend from Sweden telling me that Swedish is a...
My all-time favourite television commercial depicts a small child standing at the edge of a swimming pool. Her father is standing in the water attempting to enc...
My all-time favourite television commercial depicts a small ...
As part of my ongoing series of video chats with Project Heaven on Earth author Martin Rutte, this week we recorded a segment on the subject of "building commun...
As part of my ongoing series of video chats with Project Hea...
“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.” Desmond Tutu
Over ...
“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling peop...
They say that everything old is simply something that is brand new all over again – but that certainly is not proving to be the case in the new world online eco...
They say that everything old is simply something that is bra...
I woke up this morning and I just hated everything. Lara Croft, Tomb Raider
New Years is very much a time when people to tend to rush to make changes in the...
I woke up this morning and I just hated everything. Lara...
“And laying his finger aside of his nose, and giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.” A Visit from St Nicholas – Clement Clarke Moore
Once upon a time in a dark ...
“And laying his finger aside of his nose, and giving a nod, ...
“If someone tells you there’s a rule, break the rules and move things forward.” Hans Zimmer, film score composer
I was sitting at home watching YouTube one even...
“If someone tells you there’s a rule, break the rules and mo...
“This, explained the angel, is hell. The people do not love each other. They only want to feed themselves.” David Mitchell, Ghostwritten.
This week I share wit...
“This, explained the angel, is hell. The people do not love ...
Since writing about the concept of heaven on earth in my column a couple of weeks ago I have discovered that there is a whole network of people all over the glo...
Since writing about the concept of heaven on earth in my col...
“The hardest part of reaching heaven is realising that you have arrived.” Unknown
Have you ever noticed that when even the greatest idea in the world is given t...
“The hardest part of reaching heaven is realising that you h...
