On Society

Sugar-coated

My life is sugar-coated by moneyGlossed like an expensive donutWith the good old sturdy cake beneathPeople look at it and see the sparkleBut rarely the emotional costYou don’t dare to complainBecause you have MONEY It is one thing to be gratefulFor what you do haveAnd I am so gratefulIt is another to thinkThat the icingContinueContinue reading “Sugar-coated”

Stuff, Money, and Nonsense.

Comparing the life of a blogging friend from the Philippines, to my experience of life in the UK. Very different lives, both have positives, but one clearly wins on natural living and family connection.

The Equality of War and Insults

They are for the weak This image doesn’t even begin to demonstrate the longevity of the problem. Humans wage war and humans insult. We’re in the 21st Century and social media has clearly demonstrated that as a race we have barely advanced. Technological complications Yes we laud our technology, the fancy stuff we can build,ContinueContinue reading “The Equality of War and Insults”

Double Edged Swords

Today’s writing prompt, or one three years ago depending on when you’re reading this, inspired me to think about the ways that we humans are so unaware of our impact. How we look at things only one way, when there is at least one more way they can be viewed. How our word comes fromContinueContinue reading “Double Edged Swords”

Let’s Talk About the 3 They Missed

Life through the lens of football The England men’s football team and the shocking abuse they come in for, act as a clear example of the attitude of British Society, and perhaps elsewhere in the world. The balance They do well but they don’t win a lot, that’s true. The men’s team used to collapseContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk About the 3 They Missed”

On Society: The Other-hood of Man

One of the problems with our society is that we’re taught to see people as ‘other’. When in fact if you could look below the skin you would see exactly the same components. Over the centuries we have divided ourselves by race, religion, colour, creed, and now gender. These divisions are so many centuries oldContinueContinue reading “On Society: The Other-hood of Man”

For most of my life I’ve had a political mind, and yet I don’t want to go into politics. More and more lately I’ve felt that as a society we need to look at ourselves. To consider how our behaviour, beliefs, and prejudices, affect the world that we’re creating that the children of the futureContinueContinue reading “On Society”