Writer and Poet

Food to Restore a Weary Body — Depression, grief, and despair drain one’s physical, mental, psychological, and emotional energies. The body experiences protracted periods of exhaustion, weakness, virtual pain, and sleeplessness. Some react by going on a food binge for endorphin, dopamine, melatonin, and other “feel good” chemicals or hormones, while others simply succumb to the loss…

A Primer for Caregivers, Sufferers, Counsellors, and Therapists — Life is a journey of adventure in self-discovery. The pangs of growth and change are often overlaid by despair, grief, and hopelessness. These are integral to experiential learning opportunities to become better versions of ourselves. In the process, we develop and sharpen our capacity and capability to become more introspective…

Key to a Meaningful Life — Living, suffering, dying, and death are integral parts of life. If life were to have meaning, then there should also be meaning to suffering. The Good News is that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with…

Celebrating My Triumph Over Grief and Despair — Things happened. There is no reason why. Yes, you want to know why, I can understand. What’s lost was so important, so integral in your life and it has turned to dust and nothingness. There must be an explanation. Yes, good things have happened to bad people; and bad things…

Fight or Flight — Hiding in the vacuum Of my loss In stealth mode Where my heart used to be Waiting to pounce. Lurking to strike Hiding not in plain sight. Sweeping me off my feet In a sudden Like a hurricane Twisting my senses Like a tornado Turned tsunami With no respect for…

15 Timeless Lessons for Victorious Living — Back in the early days of my youth, while navigating the jungle maze of life, I came across a poem poster that was to change my life forever. The poem “IF” was written in 1895 to his son by the India-born British Nobel laureate poet Rudyard Kipling. I bought the…

In Celebration of a Blessed Abundant Life — I have lived a full life Longer than a majority of my cohort More fortunate than many Better than most people Blessed beyond expectations With deep gratitude for undeserved Grace. I have not occupied space and wasted oxygen. In a life of blessings and achievements; My dreams were not my…

My Travels Back to The Future into History — As China becomes a tipping point again in the multiverse of world history, it bears remembering that there would be no modern Europe and Modern Civilisations as we know it, if not for the Great Wall of China which took 1,866 years to build beginning in 221 BC. The Great…