Human participation in the creation of new human life is perhaps what brings brings us closer than anything else we do to Our God. I believe the courageous Iranian freedom fighter in these images fully understands that.
I also believe that no group of human beings more fully understands the deep spiritual and personal significance of birthdays than the group of human beings who so often go through labour to give us birth.
These people are our mothers.
Today is the 128th birthday of one of the most profoundly influential thinkers and leaders in Australian history – Robert Gordon Menzies.
Menzies described Freedom like this:
Freedom still rings true to me.
Geoff Fox, 20th December, 2022, Down Under
NB for political balance I plan to publish quotes from Menzies’ peacetime rival and wartime colleague John Curtin in 6 days time.
FREEDOM, DEMOKRASI AND CIVILISED HUMANITY 