Tag: genuine

Fathering

Posted on by Olaf

Biologically, a male generally finds it easy to father a child but to be a good father is a completely different matter. The impact that a father has on his child is profound and lasting, for good or bad. As you think on your own experience from your father, or of being a father, some will be smiling but others will be sorrowing. For most reading this, fathers will have completed their jobs but others may still be in process or observing someone else who is. Even if someone may not have been the best father they could have been they can aim to be better than they have been.  Fathering does not come with a training course or certificate to validate expertise but both the mother and the child give a good indication as to success or failure in the matter.

  • ‘Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right’ – Wade Boggs

Fake

Posted on by Olaf

So much of what we see and hear in the world today is fake!  Who can you believe in this the age of phishing, scams, hoaxes and deception?  When is it safe to click on a hyperlink or to open an email attachment? What happened to the world where people generally mean what they say and where you can turn on your computer without fear of ransomware or the need for antivirus software?  Since the dawn of time there have been half-truths, heists and frauds but it has infiltrated modern life at every level, aided, abetted and accelerated by technology. The wise person knows all that glitters is not gold but cannot always detect the counterfeit because it looks so genuine.  Back in the day, old bank notes like these shown were held up to the light to distinguish the false from the real currency.  Now it is more complicated, to the point that you can’t even be sure whether media news is true let alone the notes in your wallet, that is if you still use them.   

  • ‘Fake news and rumours thrive online because few verify what's real and always bias towards content that reinforces their own biases’ – Ryan Higa

surrendering MASKS

Posted on by Olaf

Go back to the 15th Century and you will find that this was when Masquerade Balls began, people wearing masks at public events. It gave people the opportunity to pretend to be someone else, to behave and speak differently, even opening up the way for crime and lewdness.  Many films feature heroes and villains in masks such as The Mask of Zorro, Darth Vader, Phantom of the Opera and Batman.   Whilst it may seem ‘fun’, it is essentially deceitful.  Double lives have been lived by spies, bigamists and those using social media to groom the vulnerable.    To what extent would you agree that we all have lived behind masks at one time or another?

  • ‘My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring’ – Prince William