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Tag Archive 'passion'

Learning

I have never had any difficulty in learning. I am blessed with a very good memory and have always had a passion for helping others to understand. When I was fifteen I used to go to a place called Silver City. It was a home for the intellectually handicapped on the outskirts of town. I [...]

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Country

Sometimes I think about patriotism and the passion it generates. I wonder if it has a dark side. I certainly appreciate my country of birth and feel pride at my fellow countrymen’s achievements. Yet, I cannot help thinking about the fabulous song by John Lennon. I am talking about “Imagine.” Maybe there should be no [...]

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Anzacs

On a recent trip to Brisbane I was talking with a young lady who loves poetry. We were having an in depth conversation in terms of her advancing her career (I was assisting her in my role as company coach). She mentioned her passion for poetry and I offered to post her poem on my [...]

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Aids

There is no doubt in my mind that the biggest single scourge facing the planet is aids. There is considerable conjecture as to the origin of the disease and, in the early days such names as ‘gay plague’ were common. There is no doubt that the gay population is particularly vulnerable, but it had progressed [...]

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