Orla Fitz

“Act with no expectations”
#TaoTeChing Ch10.

It’s such an alien concept to me after a life of striving to reach a finishing line that keeps moving further away and the compounding disappointment of that.

It feels really exciting too…

Is there anything as beautiful as nature? There is only one natural source of light in my office - this little Velux window. It is something bemoan most of the year because the room is so dark but on bright frosty days - it is a perfect viewing station for natures creative expression.

Over €4m raised in 3 hours for Irish children’s charities, so many kids dreams brought to life and all our hearts warmed on this stormy night #soproud #LateLateToyShow

3 Irish astronauts 🚀

#latelatetoyshow #latelate

Fantastic 😍

Eggs #latelatetoyshow

#latelatetoyshow

100% book review kid here 📚

I’ve a pain in my face from smiling and through half a toilet roll with the happy tears - the #LateLateToyShow always delivers ❤️❤️❤️

Mother duck #latelatetoyshow

Props Patrick - it’s no laughing matter to get into tights that quickly #LateLateToyShow

Phew Kerry outside of the red warning… hope the power lines hold up - fingers crossed for y’all in Clare up to Donegal 🤞 #latelatetoyshow

People in Ireland are preparing for the Storm and The Toy show ...

#LateLateToyShow #StormDarragh #Speirgorm

Been gorging on three decades of music on BBC4 in the run up to #latelatetoyshow - Couldn’t be dealing with the real world tonight 😂.

Fire on, tree up, candles in the window, wine at the ready… yup, one big kid is all ready for the #LateLateToyShow 😆🤗🥳

Post by Jonathan Weismann: Howard Lutnick, Commerce, net worth $2 b Linda McMahon, Education, net worth $3.2 b Doug Burgum, Interior, net worth $1.1 b Scott Bessent, Treasury, net worth $1 b Kelly Loeffler, Agriculture, net worth, $800 m Elon Musk, DOGE, net worth $315.7 b Vivek, DOGE, worth $960 m

So you’re saying there’s a pattern…

In the 1960’s psychologist Howard Becker found that people labelled as ‘criminal’ after their first crime were far more likely to commit a crime again. This doesn’t bode well for a society obsessed with labelling both ourselves and others. #labelling #criminality #society

Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?

What If Money Expired? | NOEMA A long-forgotten German economist argued that society and the economy would be better off if money was a perishable good. Was he an anarchist crank or the prophet of a better world?

What if money expired? Utterly fascinating article from Noema Mag on the economics of Silvio Gesell. www.noemamag.com/what-if-mone...

#monetaryreform #economics #corruption #economicideas

“When the total nation hasn’t or cannot obtain enough food for its people, that nation is poor, when enough food exists and people cannot get it by honest labor, the state is rotten.” - Ezra Pound #poverty #corruption #money

He did, four months after taking that photo. I wish we could say it’s impact helped us eradicate starvation 😢.

This Kevin Carter photo of a Sudanese child struggling to find aid watched over by a vulture has haunted me since childhood.

"Don't let the bastards get you down" 🤘

Finally, some meaningful movement. Little consolation to Palestinians on the firing line but hopefully this will tip the balance of the world back towards sanity. Especially for anyone who thinks that, at least, 32,000 confirmed dead women and children is what self defence looks like. #ceasefire

Unmade beds and overdue books: Photographing the rooms of kids killed in school shootings The families of eight school shooting victims opened their doors to Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp, allowing them to document their children's bedrooms.

This stunning piece of photo journalism is heartbreaking. I cannot imagine the pain of losing a child, especially to gun violence at school. I am eternally grateful that I live in a country with tight gun control www.cbsnews.com/rooms/

Almost every service provider I see who does lovely, ethical & aligned marketing ends up teaching marketing because it is more economically rewarding. It is such a sign of the pain and desperation people feel that the selling of the thing is more valuable than the thing. #marketing #ethicalmarketing

I miss being excited about snow days, now they are a work juggle hell balancing excited kids, expectant clients and my desire to crawl back under the duvet. #snowday #adulting