Diversity Workshop

Can you imagine a planet where everything was the same colour and the shape? Imagine if there were no mountains or valleys and that all we had were flat, never-ending plains? Imagine if those self-same plains and everything that grew on them were exactly the same colour. Let us not even go into the animal kingdom – the picture is already horrible! It is a fact that one of the features of our planet earth that we all delight in as human beings is the huge variety of landscapes, flora and fauna that we are blessed with. Read more…

Hot Chocolate

This short story is not original to me and what I have done is fiddled with it a bit to illustrate a point about our relationships. Look carefully at your relationship. Are you drinking the chocolate the other person has to offer or are you complaining about the way in which they present what they have to offer – the cup!? Read more…

The Quantum World

The Propositions of the Quantum World.

  1. Life has no interest in your losing.
  2. Life will not give you something you cannot handle.
  3. Life will always give you everything you need to handle what you are confronted with.
  4. Life will always support you in it’s way.
  5. If you say you can’t, Life will agree with you.
  6. It is your existing opinions, belief systems and points of view that are keeping you where you are.

There is a lot more of course and if you can start off by working with these you make a huge difference to both the way you look at and handle your life.

The Only thing that is “Cool” is a Corpse

One of more remarkable expressions that is enjoying currency - especially, and not only, among our young people - these days is the word “Cool”. It is an awful, and very direct reflection, of where we see ourselves. Read more…

The “Ouch” Pointers on Parenting

Some thoughts on Parenting.

  1. Be very clear as to why you are having children. It is a 20 year one sided commitment. They owe you nothing.
  2. Do some study about who and what you are. That way you can be the guide and mentor you have undertaken to be.
  3. Treat them as you would like to be treated. Would you like a 4m tall giant yelling at you?
  4. Be fair – both in the fact as well as the perception. Their standards are not the same as yours.
  5. Keep your word. Be VERY careful what to say to them. They have a disconcerting habit of taking you literally.
  6. Be present 24/7. This not easy – sorry about that!
  7. Your task is to create a space where they can become who they are, not whom you want them to be.
  8. Watch out for the transmission of your fears. 9. Be prepared to work hard.
  9. Have fun.

These are all very tricky indeed. Perhaps the trickiest is No 2. This is at least a two year project, so if you want to breed get busy!