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Defying limits for millions of years
The nature versus nurture debate has been around since Plato in the 4th Century BCE. How much of who we are is determined by our nature or genes, and how much by our nurture or the environment? I would suggest that the closer we lived to nature, the more determined we...
You are more than enough!!!
One of the most common indicators for mental and physical illness is the feeling of being overwhelmed by life, and the belief that you cannot cope. Now this is a perfectly understandable response based upon our programming within a patriarchal and material world...
“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal!”
This is a quote by Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist. Having just returned from a 10-day road trip through Albania with my wife, it rings true. It’s a long time since I ventured off the beaten track to a new and unexplored part of the world. Since getting married...
The Real Life
“I want to live the real life. I want to live my life close to the bone,” are the lyrics from a song by John Mellencamp which I am currently listening to. He describes how there comes a point in life where we realize that time is passing, and that we have been wasting...
Proactive processing versus reactive responses
We all get triggered from time to time. The question is whether we are growing through the events of our lives or becoming stuck. Sadly, because we aren’t taught to proactively process our inner experiencing selves, but are instinctively wired to avoid pain, we become...
Fish and Fishing Rod
Understanding the difference between our needs and wants is important to live our best lives. I believe that when our individual needs are adequately met, then our wants will be positive and constructive. Currently this is not the case, as we see how divided and...
Designed for glory – programmed for failure
I would suggest that the hardware of humans is incredible, but our software lets us down. Our hardware is the hardwired parts of us that form our nature, and which we all have in common. Starting with our physical bodies - skin, muscles, organs, limbs, skeleton, we...
Abundant Life
We all long for abundant life, but it appears to be abundantly elusive. I think we have been seeking it in all the wrong places, because it’s not to be found in external experiences but in our internal existence. Abundant life literally dwells within all creatures,...
Harnessing the Wind!
I have always enjoyed seeing windmills spinning in the wind. Whether across farmlands in South Africa or along canals in Holland, these quiet, and often gracious structures are harnessing the wind for a life enhancing process like irrigation. As humans we are a bit...
No Discipline No Destiny
With the Comrades Marathon only a few weeks away, I can only imagine that most of the entrants would have been out on the road this past weekend for one of their last long runs. Having run three Comrades back in the 1990’s, I know the amount of training that is...
King and Queen of your domain
What a spectacular production the coronation of King Charles III was, reminding us of the power of an establishment that has reigned supreme since William the Conqueror was first crowned king of England back in 1066. Prior to that people lived in a relatively free and...
When two halves don’t make a whole
When it comes to marriage, two halves don’t make a whole. The only way a marriage can be whole is when both partners are whole. Now this unfortunately is a rare thing, which is why most marriages look like a long line of POWs being herded inconsolably to an internment...