I did a little poll on Twitter the other day. It’s an election year in my country and it always makes me very pensive. I live on a tiny little island that is known by the whole world, influences sports, culture & music, is populated by the most amazingly talented people on the planet, but is still plagued by violence and inequity that just manages … Continue reading Tis The Season…
Very few people become a billionaire by accident… Sure, there are tech start-ups that managed to create a product, app or service that took off and caused the company value to increase exponentially. And some of those tech entrepreneurs managed to sell their start up, that probably cost them thousands to start, for millions or even billions… But, by and large, when a new company … Continue reading The Bare Minimum…
Some people are poor because they’ve made poor choices. But far more people live in poverty due to systemic issues and/or historical legacy than due to a pattern of financial misbehavior. Most poor people were born into poverty and don’t have the knowledge or resources to escape it – J D Roth, 2018. I’ve been promising this post for the longest while now but my … Continue reading Yes They Can… But They Don’t Want To…
There is blood on our hands – the blood of self-righteousness and hypocrisy, the blood of complicity and complacency. Our hands and hearts are filthy with hate and discrimination and cowardice and ignorance. We peer all but blindly around the log in our own eyes, through the cracked, dirty glass of our lives and complain bitterly about the mite in our neighbour’s eye, about the … Continue reading Blood On Our Hands
I’ve never been too interested in elections. I rarely follow even the ones that happen in my own country and rarely ever have ‘a horse in the race’ so to speak. I’m not partial to any political party. One of the main reasons for that is that I believe with every fibre of my being that politics is bullshit. Not government mind you. Not elected … Continue reading And So It Beginneth…
God bless my friends for understanding that when I raise my voice it doesn’t necessarily mean I’m angry, it can simply mean that the topic at hand is something I’m very passionate about. Such was the case on Wednesday during a conversation about the recent election results. If you’ve been reading this blog you should have an idea about my opinion of religion and how it … Continue reading To Have Dominion…
It seems to be an almost constant feeling recently. For the past few years I seem to be moving from one reason to another to grieve. I lost family, friends, acquaintances and relationships. I am now so distressingly familiar with the stages of grief that I move through them quite efficiently. Sounds like a good thing right…? It’s really not… Four years ago I had an experience … Continue reading Love Will Win…
The Happiness Paradigm 