A Year Later
A year ago today, the hardest words I think a woman will ever hear were said to me. “I don’t love you anymore.” “I no longer want to spend the rest of my life… with you.” I can still...
life
J
J* (name changed) was always the funny one – he had a brutally honest, unfiltered kind of humour. My earliest memories of him was in grade eight, when I would make him sandwiches for lunch every day...
“Free” for Thought
"If I get to pick what I want to do, then it's play... if someone else tells me that I have to do it, then it's work.” -Patricia Nourot For every lasting relationship, whether that be a business...
The Difference Between Pleasure and Joy
If you ask someone if they know the difference between pleasure and joy, they will most likely cite the correct definitions of both. However, while we can define it easily, are we conscious of the...
What Climate Do You Create?
“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power...
Our Values Determine our Definitions of What is “Right” or “Wrong”
When I reflect on the majority of conflict in my closest relationships, I have realized that the majority of them stem from one thing – a fundamental difference in value sets. What is right and what is...
Everyone Has a Story
How many times a day do you judge someone? I know in my life I judge and make snap decisions and or assumptions about people in various interactions all the time. Some judgments may be as simple as...
Butterfly – first post of 2009
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.” -Annonymous I love that quote and I think it applies to all of us at some point or another in our lives...
Quotes
“The miracle of friendship can be spoken without words… hearing unspoken needs, recognizing secret dreams, understanding the silent things that only a true friend would know.” “I want to be...
Consistent in your Principles – post from 2007
In our lifetime we will make many mistakes – that’s all part of the evolvement process. Our opinions will change as so will our surroundings, habits and perspectives. What is crucial is that...