Long John Silver and a parrot we all need
Several times in my teaching career I attempted to be a Rugby Union coach. The key word in that sentence was ‘attempted’. In two schools… Read More »Long John Silver and a parrot we all need
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Elsewhere God – to love another person is to see the face of god.
I sometimes use, when doing leadership training, the often quoted text about ‘Somebody, nobody and everybody.’ “This is a little story about four people named… Read More »Elsewhere God – to love another person is to see the face of god.
Play: keeping balance, perspective and life
It was Christmas eve and I was home in Proserpine. My nephew Kieran and his lovely wife Jess had their children playing charades. It was… Read More »Play: keeping balance, perspective and life
Piggy banks: a treasure trove of wisdom
I am sure that many of us had a piggy bank when we were young. As a child I had a square tin replica of… Read More »Piggy banks: a treasure trove of wisdom
Spanners the secret to a happy life
As a young Brother I worked in Townsville. One of the local priests – Fr David Lancini – was quite a character. At weddings he… Read More »Spanners the secret to a happy life
Beyond the tinsel to ‘real’ reality
I have a lot of bug bears: those things that annoy you. As I walk the overweight person riding a motorised scooter flies past me… Read More »Beyond the tinsel to ‘real’ reality
I am enough
I recently had a birthday. Yes, I am at the age where my limbs are stiff, people are ‘nice’ and stand up for me on… Read More »I am enough
courage
Rarely have I needed courage with a capital ‘C’ – that big Courage to run into a burning building to save a child, to front… Read More »courage
It is time
The carpet of purple petals* has now begun to fade – it is time. (In Queensland, the blooming of the Jacaranda heralds the end of… Read More »It is time
Rocks
Can you leave that which is ‘essential’ and attend to that which is ‘important’? We’ve all heard the story of the Scottish University Professor with… Read More »Rocks