When Viktor Frankl was called in to help lower the suicide rate in a mental hospital in Austria he told them to give the patients this one question to discuss,

I've noticed during lockdown there is a tendency for overwork. I've had several conversations with friends who now work 14 hour days, just because there isn't anything else to do.

In the introduction to Beyond Good and Evil, the great work by Nietzsche, the editor writes that during the last part of his life Nietzsche spent his time thinking and writing.

Remembered this yesterday, and it is such a good litmus test for an idea,

I love dance, not so much to dance, just dance. Proper choreographed serious dance. I went nuts when Sia's Chandelier video came out.

Sometimes when a door closes, a window opens, and sometimes you have to go head first

Having been in multiple meetings over the last month or two over which webinar or live streaming service is best I can tell you one thing for sure,

Talk, talk, talk, post, post, post ... comment, comment, comment....

Our great gift for language is one of our biggest obstacles, we can talk about an idea forever without taking action to do it.

Mothers day was yesterday here in South Africa.

It got me thinking about our deep need to be mother-ed. To have someone to take care of us, to protect us, to teach us.

"This is what you trained for."
Those were the first words I said to my team and to our community when the lockdown was announced.
All that time spent on your meditation cushion in silence learning to let go, the time spent on retreats doing all that grinding inner work, this is what that was for.

Have you noticed the new rhythms and patterns that have been emerging over the last 5 weeks since lockdown began?

How are you feeling today?

If you have been reading these for a while you'd know that I'm a bit of a Japanophile (did you know that the seamstresses in Japan have a special ceremony every year to honour the blunt needles?).

Tough times reveal character.

I picked up this quote from one of my favourite architects, minimalist Tadao Ando

the blank canvas is afraid of the truly passionate painter