Welcome beneath the storytelling tree.
This is not just a library. It’s a circle of tales — each one whispered with care, wrapped in metaphor, and sent into the world like a seed on the wind.
Here, I share short stories that spark joy, stir thought, and sometimes nudge your perspective sideways. They don’t take long to read, but they tend to linger — like drumbeats in the chest or echoes in the dusk.
Wander through the stories below. Some will make you smile. Others might make you pause. All are offered with the hope that they add a little more sunlight to your day.
Take your time, reflect, and pass it on if it speaks to you. Stories are alive as long as they’re shared.
Preparing for a post-COVID-19 world
There are many uncertainties about COVID-19 pandemic. We still don’t know with certitude when and how it has started. We don’t know when and how it will end. We don’t know how many people will be infected or affected or die of it. But we know one thing: the post-COVID-19 world will be a different world.
In the post-COVID-19 world, INGOs face three choices: transform, “die well” or “die badly”. But they don’t have to die, well or bad. They can survive and thrive by learning from the corporate world adaptability and agility.
#Covid19: The Police officer’s lesson
On a sunny Monday morning, I got out of the constraints of working remotely to take care of personal matters. As I was driving my car through an area of human concentration, with a passenger beside me, in an acceptable traffic jam, a police officer beckoned me to park. Like any driver, I was worried for a moment, wondering what I could do. It quickly gave way to the certainties of someone who is up to date... and who knows his rights in a country where, I must confess, they are still respected.
All challenges can be overcome … so can Coronavirus be.
In life, certain events mark us forever; for good or for bad. The event that marked me the most happened in the mid-70s, when I was just six years old.