Tag: Isaac Newton

Gender Equity: Knowing Power

Times change.

Twenty years ago Nancy Pelosi became the first ever female speaker of the US Congress.

One of this woman’s most famous aspirations tells us a great deal about the world we live in: “I really want women to know their power ……”

I was a midwife for 31 years and I also want women to know their true female power, both what it is and, just as importantly, what it isnt.

Making life work is all about balance.

This truth about men also holds for women.

Lest We Forget.

All Of Us.

Geoff Fox, Terra Nullius, January 4, 2020

MEN SEEK BALANCE

Jesus Christ said “….. the truth will set you free.”

Jesus was not the only very talented man born on Christmas Day.

Isaac Newton, born on Christmas Day in 1642, said ” What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.” A circumspect genius.

Charlie Chaplin died on Xmas Day, 1977. He once said, “Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.“

In his first movie as a director Chaplin showed sympathy for the life of a deserted single mother and, through his clown persona, showed the glory of fathering which comes from the heart. I was a midwife for 31 years and, for me, The Kid is easily one of the greatest movies ever made.

Jesus was born to a single mother – engaged to Joseph but not yet married.

The immaculate conception didn’t need wedlock.

These three men are worth remembering on Christmas Day.

Jesus Christ: liberating honesty.

Isaac Newton: intellectual modesty from a genius.

Then the courage of a great clown and cultural icon finding true manliness in being a dad.

In the real world, men seek balance.

But, in The West, we dont always get it now.

Geoff Fox, Xmas Day, 2019, Terra Nullius