Category Archives: Obstacles

Caring

I had one really bad day this week. It was caused by a series of incompetencies. And it could have been so different….
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Unresolved

In 1999 I was invited to establish and manage a programme of arts activities in an institution for disabled people in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The initiative was sparked by the Kosovo crisis and the ensuing flood of funding suddenly available to neighbouring countries for community development projects. It was one of the [...]
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Roll

It seems that once a big decision has been made you’re on a roll and others just follow. Simon asked if it was a coincidence that since starting home educating other things in life have started to take shape. I don’t know for sure but somehow I don’t think it is. Indecision about something big [...]
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Baggage

I recently read a quote by Krishnamurti that went along the lines of memory being a hindrance to enlightenment, and it got me thinking about other places I’d seen this idea. For instance, it made me think about the ‘mind like water’ that is a theme of many martial arts (and referred to in David [...]
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