Self-worth as the foundation for courage

The times we live in call for courage, to tackle the challenges of a rapidly-changing workplace and the consequences for our finances, our families and our security. But courage cannot be sustained if it rests only on self-esteem: that conditional sense of value based...

Begin

As we approach the beginning of a New Year, I love the sense of determination in Brendan Kennelly’s poem “Begin”. I see it as self-worth expressed in a morning walk by the canal: