World at War with Itself

Rose Kennedy, USA President John F Kennedy’s mother, used to tell her children, because they were born into a wealthy family, it was their responsibility to spend the money wisely.  They should care for others and never to be mean with money.

Public speaking is an Art.  It is also an art that can be taught.

We read quite often in the newspapers and hear it on the news about people who have been abused as a child.  This can be from strangers, family members, or friends of the family.

Being born at the beginning of the Second World War I grew up with air raids, bombs dropping around where I lived, black outs to stop the electric lights showing outside the house, food rationing, and parents who tried to keep me safe, but were scared with what might happen to us as a family.

To many people leadership is just being in charge.  But there is a lot more to it than that.  In fact, there are many organisations where the people in charge are doing more harm than good for the company.

I come from a family of business owners.  My grandfather on Dad’s side owned a Newsagency from around 1905 through to the end of the Second World War.  Two of his sons, my dad and his older brother (my Uncle) also ran a newsagency.  I think my Uncle took over running Granddad’s shop in the mid 1930’s, but Granddad helped during the War.  My father purchased his newsagency in 1934 just before he married my Mother, and with my mother’s help ran the business until as a family we left for Australia in 1952. 

I wouldn’t have said this twenty years ago, but I will now.  I think our politicians around the world are letting us down.  With a few exceptions, the majority of the leaders of countries, have seen it as a good career move, not a position of service to the population or their nation.

There is a saying if you can count more friends than the number of fingers on one hand you are very fortunate.  Most people feel fortunate to have two or three.

We are all born to die.  Whether we like it or not, it will happen.  Of course it is not only human beings, it is every living, breathing thing on this planet.  If we are all born to die, why is there such a fear of dying amongst many people?

When a parent looks back on how quickly their sons or daughters grows up, they realise how much they miss those quaint little ways.  But that is part of being a parent.  Children have to grow up.  A parent wouldn’t want it any other way.

There might be books to tell you how to handle certain areas when bringing up a child, but as each child is different, what works for one might not work with another.  I’ve raised two daughters, one we fostered, but my husband’s and my way of bringing up a daughter would probably be so different from how children are being raised today.  I cringe when children throw tantrums in the supermarket.  There is no way my daughter would have tried that.