The energy of maintaining bad anger is all-consuming. Something you do not realise until you let it go. If you can. Projected blind anger, anger that refuses to listen. Anger baked in superiority. Anger projected to such a degree that in its projection it masks the cesspit of pain inside. …

Yesterday in Australia, a man decorated as a war hero lost his defamation case against investigative journalism accusing him of horrendous war crimes. The judge said that the accusations had been thoroughly reported and most of the stated crimes happened. This man did monstrous things to other humans. He should be…

Ask. For help. For support. To be held. For feedback. Failure to ask is a form of rejection. People want to participate. To give. Be included. If you are that nervous about asking, give the person you are asking easy permission to say no to the asking. Ask for the impossible. Ask for a miracle. Keep asking. You’ll get better at it. Braver. Bolder. Invite the world to show up and give. And when they do, bring every ounce of your gratitude to the experience. Account for their gifting. Never ever take it for granted.

Picture this. (Pun intended) An artist is working on a new piece. It begins to take shape. There is a flow state between the artist and the emergent work. Sometimes this flow state stalls and the artist needs to step away. Or look at their work upside down. Often the…

Let’s speak of desire. Not the packaged form of desire that our culture reveres, which is more akin to addiction and superficial want. Not the desire of lust, which is a sign of the hollow shell of our emptiness. But desire, the deepest clearest wanting that lies below the grasping. To separate the reflexive…

What makes a business? An idea, people, coordination, cash flow, a service or product that is needed and wanted, access to materials and knowledge, the ability to tell the story to people seeking the business’s services. All of these involve relationships. Relationships between people, things and people, people and places. …

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. Ralph W. Sockman In a world of fear and scarcity, we forget the abundance of so much value. Knowledge can only increase. The more you have, the more there is to have. Love, beauty, joy, laughter — these…

Don’t become a well rounded person. Become a thoroughly spiky person, says Bruce Sterling. I might propose a middle ground. Choose the spiky areas that you want to cultivate. Total honesty is impossibly cruel. Total honestly says you will answer every question, no matter the harm is done. Yes, we are hiding…

This may be the first time in over 2000 of these Beauty of Beginnings blogs that I have featured myself in the sunrise. The conditions were just right to walk, fully clothed, out to the point of Snapper Rocks. From this place, surfers launch themselves into the ocean — taking…