Death and Taxes
In this world nothing is certain except Death and Taxes, right?!
In this world nothing is certain except Death and Taxes, right?!
Waiting. Waiting. Pacing the floor outside the room where your wife is in the last stages of delivering your first born. You can hear the cries of pain and the flurry of activity intensifies. Complications had set in and you were ushered out of the room. Waiting. Waiting. Footsteps. A nurse appears… but she scurries…
Wine, women and song. Endless merriment. Work hard, play hard. Chase after money and all that it can buy – get the big house, the fast cars all lined up in the garages, the prestige and the power and influence in every sphere we so choose. Some say that they can afford to live a…
The recent death of people, like Michael Jackson, and the associated hysteria and the outpouring of grief for such a loved one who has died, is tied up in the loss of that person from here on Earth. Funerals to me are either profoundly sad or joyful. Joyful, only if I know that they were…
We grow up in a world that trains us to be successful. Success is usually defined as being rich and famous or powerful. And so we pursue a path to gain wealth and fame or power. Many who reach that goal then realise that it is a lie. How many famous people have crashed and…
Are you a person of significance? Does your life have meaning and purpose? When you sit in your quiet place, away from all prying eyes and the public face, do you really believe you are living a life of significance? Who are you influencing or impacting? Is it tied to money, fame, ego or do…
Late one Sunday night, around 10:00pm, I dropped into Coles on the way home to pickup some milk. I was only to be there for a couple minutes. When I arrived, the darkened 400 car parking lot was empty, except for maybe 1 or 2 other cars. Coles had only one door open for entry…