"Fruit don’t fall far from tree"

“Fruit don’t fall far from tree”. This is a saying that I first heard many years ago, and of which I was reminded yesterday in Trinidad. My team at work includes a most delightful, powerful Trinidadian woman, Sharon, who has lived in Jamaica for over 15 years. Sharon is the calming influence in our office. […]

The Savannah

I am in one of my favourite places in the world – Port of Spain, Trinidad. Early this morning, I had one of the greatest joys – I walked around the Savannah. The Savannah is a 260-acre park in the centre of the city. Not only is it the physical centre, it is the heart […]

DNA

This morning, scrolling though a blog, my eyes fell upon the letters “DNA”. For some reason, what immediately sprung to my mind were the words “Divine Nature”. I suspended thought for a few moments and the word “Actualizing” came to me. DNA = Divine Nature Actualizing? I started to muse – what is “DNA”? I […]

I bless this sacred union

“I bless this sacred union knowing it is pure love. I am eternally grateful” This is an affirmation to be said by a couple prior to having sex. It occurred to me that just as how we bless the food we are about to take into our bodies, a most intimate act, perhaps we ought […]

Jealousy

One of the most destructive emotions is jealousy. It can ruin our relationships and our lives. The root of jealousy is fear – fear of loss, of being alone, of losing a person’s love and attention. It causes all sorts of very irrational, despicable and destructive behaviour – lying, spying, cheating, hiding, withholding, emotional and […]

Money Energy

Many of us have a very negative and harmful relationship with money. We realize that it is important in our lives yet we somehow fail to get to a place of having a comfortable, positive relationship with it. Which perhaps explains why many of us never have “enough”! What I realize is that money is […]

More on "Niceness"

One of the interesting things I note is how much we let other people, particularly “not nice” people, control our lives. Sometimes people behave in ways that offend you. But whose problem is this offending? Certainly not the person who is “not nice” – for long after the “offense”, they have gone on with their […]

Niceness

I have a dear friend who is very opinionated, direct, brusque, dogmatic even. He does not mince words. He says exactly what’s on his mind. He is tough with his statements and with his questions. He does not care what people think or say about him. In the past few days, two people have complained […]

My Toenails

I love my toes. In fact, I love feet. Nothing fascinates me so much as the perfection of the 10 tiny, perfectly formed toes of a newborn baby. I love my toes so much that even when I spent 2 winters at business school in Boston, my toes were always beautifully pedicured. I love my […]

Diligence

I always wondered why this word, DILIGENCE, was the one chosen for display on the lectern at my place of worship. I asked myself, why weren’t words that we typically consider indicative of the nature of God chosen? Why weren’t words like LOVE or PEACE chosen? What is the message the person or people who […]

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