Suffragette

Last night I watched the movie, Suffragette, about the brave young women who fought to acquire the vote for women in early twentieth century Britain. This movie really opened my eyes to the hardships which these women endured in order to bring about a better way of life for all future generations of women. Prior to watching the movie, although I had a vague knowledge of the Suffragette movement, I

By |2017-02-11T17:08:41+10:00February 11th, 2017|Society, Women|

Warrior Of The Heart

Today’s blog was inspired by Yes, Prime Minister, the old British comedy series that we have seen hundreds of times, and yet still manages to make us laugh. This particular program was suggesting a more democratic system with more grass-roots representation which would mean eradication of the party system.  Naturally, the politicians were quick to renounce the truly democratic system once they realised its ramifications. There were other sources of

By |2016-02-12T16:05:41+10:00February 12th, 2016|Mother Earth, Politics, Women|

Activism

This week's blog follows on from last week's, in which I asked what sort of legacy you would like to leave.  How would you like to be remembered? Whilst it is true that the important point in life is who you are being rather than what you are doing, once you have decided who you want to be, there is a good chance that you will want to do something

By |2014-03-08T08:11:23+10:00March 8th, 2014|Peace, We Are One, Women|

Balancing The Divine Feminine And Divine Masculine

I started to wonder about the balance between masculine and feminine, and whether our society, in Australia, is headed towards that balance. We know that in many societies in the world, including our own, the masculine has dominated for many years, but is that starting to change? As often happens, I received some inspiration from a television program: Doctor Quinn – Medicine Woman (again). The story this evening was about

By |2013-11-08T14:55:44+10:00November 9th, 2013|Empathy, Society|