What is your posture towards the world, how are you placed in relationship to it and everyone in it?

I'm reading Eugene Peterson's Under the Unpredictable Plant at the moment and in it, he talks about organisational growth. I'd thought I'd share the basic idea here, it is quite profound.

I once hear Lady Gaga say in an interview that she and her friends just decided one day to declare fame, that's it.

Who is it for?

Who are you making your work for, specifically?

A Jeff Buckley quote about soil to end your week. By the way, did you know that Franciscan Monks used to taste the soil before they planted a vineyard? We do not exist apart from our context.

Curiosity is often stifled by ego.

At the start of the year social media is filled with 'live your best life!' or 'become the best you!' posts.

When I sit down to write these emails I ask this question,

Welcome to 2020.

Even though it is just another cycle around our star, and nothing has really changed,

Beauty was seen by medieval scholars as one of the transcendentals of being,

When the pain of staying becomes more than the pain of leaving we …

In Buddhist philosophy, it is said the all suffering stems from desire, from wanting. This is true, especially when it comes to wanting a specific…

'Cause today is Thanksgiving (that is a holiday that deserves copying by the way..), I wanted to send you this poem by Marie Oliver, so we can remember that our true work is

'If you can measure it you can't manage it' a classic business maxim that I have a love-hate relationship with.

One of my favourite animated films is The Incredibles, a story about a family of superheroes that are in hiding since the world no longer 'needs' superheroes.

Once, a long time ago, there was a boy who became great friends, best friends, with a snake.

Just a reminder; It is nearly impossible to guess

There is a Zen Buddhist practice, similar to Memento Mori, that asks you to daily imagine a little bird perching on your shoulder. This little bird asks you only one question (and it is a good one),

I was listening to my friend Johan Beukes speaking about taking care of your soul this weekend, I'd thought to share some of his thoughts here.