My life is a mess, or, balance is overrated

I am exhausted. I arrived home last night from a huge week that included 24 hours of the dramatic effects of food poisoning. This is the second trip this year where I have found myself holed up in the shower of a dodgy hotel hurling. It’s hot in these countries I work in, and so […]

The bend towards justice

Justice is a powerful, loaded term. It conjures up images of superheros and war and a moral fight. I love this quote, I take courage from Dr King’s words that even in the midst of hatred and possible worse, apathy, that he clung to the belief that the moral arc bends towards justice. Which is […]

The most Selfish thing you can do

I’ve been reading lately about our happiness set point. Turns out we hover around this point and though we may win the lottery or experience great joy from certain events in our lives, we will always come back to our default setting. According to happiness expert Professor Jonathon Haidt, the only thing that raises our happiness […]

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