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Loves Are All You Need…
We love food, dogs, weather, football, music, clothes, places, books, movies, work, money, fashion, sex, cars, shoes, handbags, flowers, chocolate, yoga, tennis, skiing, sunsets, houses, status, TV shows, languages, cosmetics, cats, birds, wildlife, travel, adventure, excitement, gadgets, sports – but … Continue reading
Love is a Better Master than Duty*
The recent vicious rape and assault of a 23 year old physiotherapy student in New Delhi has caused rioting and outrage in India. A policeman injured in the rioting has died and most Indian politicians seem to be distancing themselves from … Continue reading
I’ve Been Thinking…
I’ve been thinking. Often when ordinary people are inspired to champion the rights of others they are warned off doing anything. Afraid that they might become so-called ‘armchair activists’, they back away, discouraged. But perhaps there is work to be … Continue reading
Philosophy As A Tool For Action
‘Anything that we have to learn to do we learn by the actual doing of it… We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate ones, brave by doing brave ones.’ (Aristotle, Niconachean Ethics, Book II, p.91). Most … Continue reading
Me, Unlucky – You, Stupid.
Have you ever noticed that when you make a mistake you are inclined to see it as a bit of bad luck, but when you watch someone else make a mistake you tend to believe they are careless or foolish? … Continue reading
Home is Where the Change Is…
The well being and functionality of the planet comes from the bottom up. First from us as individuals. We need to attend to the diverse and, sometimes conflicting, splits within ourselves. Instead of hiding from the parts of myself I … Continue reading
Believing Your Own Eyes
Because we are silenced by being told that we, ‘don’t understand the complexities’. Because we are easily knocked back in our forward movement by self-doubt and so, when we are told we don’t understand, we agree – we probably don’t … Continue reading
What if We Don’t Look Away?
We all know what happened in Rwanda in 1994. Some say 500,000 people were massacred in 100 days. Others say the number is closer to 800,000. But these are numbers. Just statistics from another country. Marks on pieces of paper. … Continue reading
What Will You Do To Belong?
It’s easy to say that FGC/FGM is a barbaric practice that is common in far away places. It’s easy to believe that we are different to the people who do things like that to little girls. It’s nice to believe … Continue reading