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Posted in Observations on Life, Poems on Jul 5th, 2009
The world lost a unique individual with the death of Michael Jackson. A brilliant dancer, singer, recording artist, he epitomized what it was to be a star. An incandescent talent, so brilliant he burned out long before what the world would have wanted of him could eventuate.
Unfortunately he wasn’t the first brilliant talent whose life [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Jun 22nd, 2008
Who was it that said, “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” I sometimes turn to the bard to express feelings that could otherwise be mixed and misunderstood. In a couple of week friends are moving overseas for a couple of years. The wife is a senior partner in a large, international accounting firm and is going [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Jun 1st, 2008
This morning, as usual, I drove to the gym. It’s Sunday here in Sydney and the day is cool. The cloud cover is quite heavy. June first, the first day of winter and I am driving down that street I described on another post as lined with trees whose leaves are a glorious reflection of [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on May 12th, 2008
I don’t know about you, but time is, to me is both the greatest asset and biggest problem we all have. So often there never seems to be enough to do everything life demands of us. On other occasions, time seems to slow as we drift along, no ambition or aim, to fritter away the [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on May 4th, 2008
I don’t know about you, but there’s something about the snap in the air on a fresh autumn morning. I was driving down a street near the city on Saturday morning and I was struck by the many hued trees shedding their leaves. It was beautiful to see. Yet I saw a fellow angrily brushing [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Apr 19th, 2008
I recently wrote that I would do a poetical political comment on Zimbabwe as soon as the situation clears and we have some idea of what the future holds for that unfortunate country. The quotation that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely seems, unfortunately, to be very apt in this case.
I note Mugabe is [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Mar 23rd, 2008
On Good Friday I did something I haven’t done for a very long time. I spent the entire day in solitude. I didn’t answer my mobile, no radio, no TV. Not a single word to a soul.
Was I lonely? No. I recently read a book by Deepak Chopra regarding meditation. Please don’t rush to think [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Mar 16th, 2008
I spend a great deal of my life assisting other’s to progress in their lives. It is the most satisfying and uplifting thing I know how to do. That’s not to say life is a simple journey from success to success.
Anybody who says he has never failed either has never attempted to do anything, or [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Mar 5th, 2008
I have mentioned a couple of times that I try to have at least one meaningful conversation with someone every day. The other day I was privileged to have just such a conversation.
His name is Aleks and he is a Sales Manager. I have trained and mentored him for a while now and we have [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Feb 17th, 2008
Have you ever had that perfect day? A day when it all flowed, people were all good natured, everything you touched just turned to gold? I had one of those days on Saturday.
Weekends are normally very busy and this weekend was no different. Early Saturday morning I have a martial arts class which is both [...]
