Good-bye…Hello

I’ve never been very good at saying good-bye. Of course, not too many people are very good at it. After all, good-bye is a word more often tinged with melancholy than anticipation, unless of course one is waving off relatives who have come for a visit and then outstayed their welcome. But [...]

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It Takes Courage to Be Maria

I am not generally a fan of reality shows. To me, they are designed only to provide a forum for people to be unspeakably mean to each other. It is not something I care to watch. Makes me cringe actually.
However, I stumbled upon a show the other night on CBC TV called [...]

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To Forgive is also Human

Every other Friday, we arrange for a couple to come and give our house a good clean. Being something of a perfectionist I usually have to “tidy up” before they come so they don’t think me a slob. Silly yes? At any rate, our cleaning folks prefer that we vacate the premises [...]

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Don’t Worry, Be Happy

I have been worrying again. I think it’s because of all the stories about global warming, and war, and bad weather, and the threat of earthquakes, and many of the world’s other misfortunes, mismanagements and misadventures, that I have placed myself in this rather unhealthy funk.
I have always been a worrier. [...]

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Love Thyself and Then Thy Neighbour

“That’s a terrible thing to say,” she said.
“It’s just so selfish. Love yourself before others. Well I think that’s dreadful”
My Aunt’s opinions were always very strong. At first I felt ashamed for having said it. I think I must have heard it somewhere. You know, before you can love someone else, you have to love [...]

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Finding a New Rhythm

Time, what an empty Vapour ’tis
And days how swift they are!
Swift as an Indian arrow flies
Or like a shooting star… Isaac Watts
The rhythm of our lives is dictated by how we use the time available to us. When this rhythm is unsettled and out of sync with who we are and what we truly [...]

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