The quality is Inspiration; a word that literally means in spirit. It comes from the promptings of our soul, which cannot be ignored. It is a personal sign to act based on a persistent inner voice. It will continue to prompt until action is taken since it is there to support the hero on his …
The Making of a Leader
Throughout the western world people are facing up to the profound question about the societies we want to live in the future. Anti-capitalists are filling the headlines without really having a vision for the future. They know what they don’t like, but haven’t been able to articulate an alternative. Rioters take to the streets to …
Healing
Great poem: Healing – DH Lawrence I am not a mechanism, an assembly of various sections And it is not because the mechanism is working wrongly, that I am ill I am ill because of wounds to the soul, to the deep emotional self And the wounds to the soul take a long long time, …
St Paul’s
Letter published in The Times 31 October 2011: Yet again the Church of England has come down on the wrong side of the paradox that underpins an Established Church. The protestors may be clear on what they are standing against, but are struggling to articulate what they stand for. The leadership at St Paul’s had …
Regret
A nurse who worked in a hospice for 25 years wrote about the 5 greatest regrets of those who were facing the fear of imminent death. She writes, For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with …
Dignity
Emad is a Palestinian living in East Jerusalem. He was born in 1966 in Nablus when, mysteriously hundreds of Palestinian children contracted polio. He travelled from the West Bank to Shobuk in Southern Jordan to participate in the Mowgli Mentoring Experience for entrepreneurs. He described the reality of living in Palestine, a life of daily …
Be
BE Releasing leadership Do not wait for leaders, do it alone person by person (Mother Theresa) Introduction I would like to introduce the concept of a new organisation called ‘Be’ that would provide a cost effective way of supporting the 20% of unemployed young people in the UK. This would be achieved by …
Transitions
The woodsmoke rose gently from the log fire heating the blackened kettle outside the gypsy caravan huddled into the cleft of a Devon hillside. Tea brewed to accompany the fresh farmhouse fruit cake baked by our host, Penny Bond of Hush Farms, which sits above the sea near Beer in Devon. The first Transitions programme …
Times letter re Punch & Judy politics
The antennae of Matthew Parris, as so often, are correct. But it is not just that the public want an end to Punch & Judy politics, they know that it no longer serves the best interests of the country. The great philosophical battles of left and right are all but over as our 3 main …
Response to the London Riots
When the moral outrage has subsided and the tough talk dissipates as the news agenda moves onto the next crisis, there is a need to understand. We can no longer paper over the cracks of a subset of our society, many of whom are represented by the 20% of 16 -24 year olds who are …
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