My political opinions are annoying you???
I posted this image, above, on the socials a little while back. It voiced my thoughts perfectly. You see, somewhere out there in The World there is an Authority speaking from some Almighty Tome that...
View ArticleIf you’re not in the arena getting your ass kicked, I’m not interested
We all love Brene Brown, right? Her vulnerability polemic strikes deep, meaningful chords. I’ve met and chatted to her and learned that we both do the “three strikes and we act” thing. I also share her...
View ArticleFire the f*ck up!
There is a piquancy in the air. A sense we’re on the precipice of something. That we can no longer afford to be complacent. And yet. We’re sitting back. Aren’t we. Waiting. For the right moment? For...
View ArticleFreedom is always available. Will you pay the price?
Freedom is always available. One need only pay the price for it. – Henry de Montherlant How much do you want it? How much will you pay for yours? I seek freedom from the constraints of “having to do...
View ArticleDoubt and certainty comes with giving a shit. True dat.
One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision. – Mathematician Bertrand...
View ArticleIn which I explain why Zorba The Greek must be read
I’m in love with Zorba The Greek. He’s a character (in a novel), a real man (Nikos Kazantzakis based the character on someone he met in the 1920s), and he’s every Greek I’ve ever loved, for he distills...
View ArticleWhat Zorba The Greek taught me about being free (prepare for f*cking gold!)
I flagged a post ago about why Zorba the Greek is a book that must be read that I’ll be sharing several Zorba lessons. Such is the impact it’s had on me. The first was about my uneasiness in the face...
View ArticleWhat to do when hopelessness sets in
While I was in Crete two loved ones reached out to me in a lot of pain. It’s one of the benefits of being in a wonky time zone – you can talk to family and friends at intimate hours. Both of these...
View ArticleThat’s the way real men behave. Good night.
What do you make of this take on masculinity? Or, if you prefer, this take on the importance of certainty. Yes, this is another post inspired by Zorba the Greek. See my rant about uneasiness and...
View ArticleDon’t be nervous, work joyously.
I came across Henry Miller’s “11 Commandments of Writing” in a review of a book of his essays. The book was written around the time he wrote Tropic of Cancer. The commandments seem to be a bunch of...
View ArticleI’m doing “cool loneliness”
I’ve had cause to think about loneliness again lately. A journalist acquaintance brought it up over breakfast – she was surprised to read in first, we make the beast beautiful that loneliness is such a...
View ArticleIt’s hard for me to love a weak character
Existentialist Hannah Arendt famously coined the phrase “the banality of evil”. She used it to describe what she felt was the most extreme failures of personal moral awareness – not thinking and not...
View ArticleMy political opinions are annoying you???
I posted this image, above, on the socials a little while back. It voiced my thoughts perfectly. You see, somewhere out there in The World there is an Authority speaking from some Almighty Tome that...
View ArticleIf you’re not in the arena getting your ass kicked, I’m not interested
We all love Brene Brown, right? Her vulnerability polemic strikes deep, meaningful chords. I’ve met and chatted to her and learned that we both do the “three strikes and we act” thing. I also share her...
View Articlenew words for happiness and love
I’ve been tracking a bunch of lovely, evocative words that have no English equivalent for a while. There’s a joy to learning these “loanwords”. They remind us that there are still things out there that...
View ArticleEnough with the (hashtag) unicorns and rainbows!
I was on a dating site recently. A guy who looked like Jesus (should Jesus exist today as a Swedish supermodel with a man-bun and a lot of photos of himself on jet skis) flagged in his profile that he...
View ArticleI asked my mindful mates how we should respond to Trump-ism…
I’m approaching you, I wrote to a handful of people I know whose job it is to be mindful in their commentary, wondering if you had the will and time to share what a sound, wise, mindful way of coping...
View ArticleThe Adele anomaly
I love anomalies. They keep us on our toes and from descending into clichés and ruts and expectations. Adele is an anomaly. In 2011, 2012 and 2016, she was named Artist of the Year. Time magazine named...
View Articlesunday life: in which Seth Godin gives me a gift
This week I give gifts There’s this thing I do in cab queues at airports. I don’t find it weird. Although you might. When I get to the front of the queue I sing out to the crowd to ask if anyone would...
View Articledo you care how you blog?
I’m in Melbourne. So I’m on the fly. So today I just post something I found interesting. A new survey (conducted by a vitamin company which I don’t particularly feel compelled to mention) about stress...
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