Monthly Archives: October 2026

FMM 10 16 2026 ‘God nah sleep’

October 16, 2026 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · 1 Comment

“I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.” ~ Khalil Gibran. I have never studied Shakespeare.  I have of course read some of his more popular plays, though usually in a modern form.  In the original I find the […]

FMM 10 9 2026 A thing with Feathers

October 9, 2026 · by · in Inspirational, Global health and disparities, transcendence · Leave a comment

“Where there is no vision, there is no hope.” ~ George Washington Carver. Ever since I was young, I have had a tendency to ‘overthink’ things.  Before any upcoming event, or before going to a new place, my mind will begin to imagine the event, more than anticipation, it is almost a way to plan […]

FMM 10 2 2026 ‘No better than we ought to be’

October 2, 2026 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“Isn’t this the purpose of education, to learn the nature of your own gifts and how to use them for good in the world?” ~ Robin Wall Kimmerer. In Jamaica in years gone by, at age eleven, children sat a ‘Common Entrance’ Examination.  It was a full day of Mathematics and English questions, and an […]