Tag Archives: philanthropy

FMM 10 10 2025 Falling for You

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” ~ Charles Spurgeon. Back in the day, many years ago, before we had personal computers or smart phones, before the Internet, we used to communicate by sending handwritten (or typed, if you were fancy or in business) letters.  These […]

FMM 9 5 2025 Lively up Yourself!

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” ~  Rabindranath Tagore. When you grow up in the church, it goes without saying that you soon learn that doing unto others, caring for the least among us, is done without thinking.  […]

FMM 7 29 2022 Our Legacy

“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.” ~ Carl Jung. Once upon a time, when I was very young, our family used to spend our summer vacations (our holidays, as we would say in the UK) camping on a […]

FMM 6 15 18 Not puffed Up

“Whosoever diggeth a pit shall fall in it” ~ Robert Nesta Marley.  Two phrases puzzled me when first I moved to Jamaica.  School friends would offer to either ‘carry’ me home, or ‘follow’ me home.  Neither of those offers sounded very appealing to me.  We were kids, so they were not offering to give me […]