Band-Aid Apologies, You Can Stick ‘Em!
From repentant sports stars tearfully apologising to their fans on the telly for some scandalous behaviour to people close to you making amends for something they did wrong, I believe that we all have the innate ability to tell when an apology is either fake or genuine and heartfelt. Somehow, the latter ones just ring true on a heart or gut level. But then there’s the former kind, the apology of convenience, that doesn’t...
What Ever Did You Mean, 2015?
We’re well into the second month of the new year and by now I’m sure you’ve closed the book on 2015 and concluded that it was either a good year, a lousy year or just a so-so one. But at the beginning of every year I like to take pause and reflect on the year that was – to make an assessment of all the events, people and places that left a lingering impression or made an impact on me. It’s a kind of...
The One Time Yuk!
“The truth will set you free. But first it will piss you off!” someone once famously said. But this, as a fellow traveller* with whom I once shared a special connection aptly put, is only a “one time yuk!” I think the phrase sums it up perfectly, because although you might feel awful at first, you’ll find that owning up to some less-than-desirable quality or aspect to yourself (if only to yourself alone)...
