Dick Stiles is a retired chartered mechanical engineer who lives in New South Wales, Australia. He has spent most of his working life in the Oil and Gas Industry, having first served in the Royal Navy. The culmination of his career was a two-year spell in Iraq, where he worked as the program manager for the post-invasion reconstruction of the country’s oil and gas infrastructure. His time is now taken up with philosophical study, traditional timber boat building, and caring for his grandchildren. This is Dick’s first literary publication.
Is material wealth more important than cognitive and spiritual wealth? Is it better to strive for the material comforts that come with possession or the peace and equilibrium that is the product of practising meaningful empathetic, compassionate, and non-judgemental behaviour? Is it inevitable that ...