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She Left Us…
I thought I would take a break from the professional jargon for one day and share a personal reflection. Please forgive my obvious self-indulgence. When I was insane, all those years ago, I rarely...
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Who Switched The Price Tags?
Tony Campolo tells the story of a group of criminals who break into a department store but don’t steal anything. Instead they went around and switched all the price tags. Just imagine the frustration...
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Birthday Reflections
He was obviously at least twenty years older than she was. He was also ignoring her as she texted away, seemingly oblivious to my stares. Why was she with him? They got into a Mercedes. I know I...
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Rempel Island
I love slalom skiing. Wakeboarding is fine. We even surf behind the ski boat these days. There is something, however, I love about that feeling of creating a big rooster tail, feeling the rhythm,...
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6 Ugly Truths You Need To Accept To Pull Yourself Out Of A Rut
Great Article via The Huffington Post: They aren’t pretty, but they are the kind of wake-up calls that we need to give ourselves every once in while. Columnist Leigh Newman explains. 1. Love Is Not A...
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The Rest Of My Life
I am getting shockingly old. I’m not quite sure how it happened but one day I was mildly cool (back when cool was a thing) and seemingly the next day I was old. How did this happen? I was always the...
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In Defence Of Whining
Women: We don’t snore, we don’t perspire, and we don’t pass wind. If we didn’t bitch, we’d explode! —Kathleen Madigan If it wasn’t for whining I probably wouldn’t have a job. No one likes a whiner, so...
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Gratitude
She came in for needle exchange, “for a friend”. It was her first time here so I took the basic information. It was her 50th birthday today. The only gift I could offer was coffee. Here’s the thing –...
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Be Brave
I ran across this drug commercial a few days ago and it reminded me that each one of us, in spite of our challenges and insecurities, can make a difference. No one knows your failures and shortcomings...
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Beginnings And Endings
It’s that time of the year again. Time to look ahead in anticipation of what is not yet. We are in a state of becoming. Everything has been made new. It’s also a time to say goodbye. Gone are those...
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Instructions For A Bad Day
Mindfulness moments – from Shane Koyczan Remember the times you could have pressed “quit” but you hit “continue”? Every bad day has an end…
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Spring Is In The Air
“Change is needed, change is good”. Vaughn Time to change it up a bit. I took a different job this week, one which a family member termed a “demotion”, but by choice. I was tired of my life. Tired of...
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Innocence
I like doing groups. Usually, at the beginning, I dread losing another night of my week for something that resembles work. I wonder why I volunteered again. Here we go… again. But something happens...
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Timing
There is a great deal of philosophy in psychology. I don’t profess to be an expert at either but it feels like I am finally starting to wake up. I have come to believe that some changes are about...
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Here’s To You
It happened last night. It doesn’t happen very often but when it does, it takes my breath away. Those invasive thoughts. Lying in bed they rolled over me like a wave. One thought led to another and...
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Other People Have It Worse
“and to keep me humble there was given to me a thorn in the flesh” The Bible I’m no prophet, I think we can all agree on that. I’m not even convinced that I was “given” anything, it’s just that the...
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Irregardless
…is not really a word. If you look it up on Wikipedia someone spits at you as you read the definition. Regardless, or irregardless, it is a powerful idea. Most of us like to live our lives responding...
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I Don’t Give A Crap
The Princess Bride is, unquestionably, one of my favourite movies. I own the novel. There is something about a magical story, with giants and accents and the Dread Pirate Roberts with which we...
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Change The World
“The true measurement of a person’s worth isn’t what they say they believe in, but what they do in defense of those beliefs,” he said. “If you’re not acting on your beliefs, then they probably aren’t...
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