Life Lessons

1.       The stone………….after it’s thrown.  Throughout the history of man there has been war.  Most participants believe in what they are fighting for, and some are just doing what they’re told or trying to survive.  We are a warring people.  Why can’t we just live and let live.  You have your religion and I’ll have [...]

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Last year I started to learn Tai Chi.  It was part of my program to improve my health and reduce my stress.  It was something new and I was able to convince my husband who is exercise resistant to join me.  I have never done any type of martial art activity and I was very [...]

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Why is it that our anticipation of an event is so often so much better than the reality?  Do you remember when you were little and you couldn’t wait for Christmas or your birthday or even Halloween?  These events were so magical that they would keep us enthralled for months of the year.  Although my [...]

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How do you react when you faced with anger from your friend or mate?  How do you react when you’re angry? It is incredibly important how you treat your friends (at least the ones you want to keep) and even more important is how you treat your mate.
How do you handle when you someone makes [...]

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Once upon a time I was needle phobic.  Then I got pregnant and had to have blood drawn to protect my unborn baby so I put my big girl pants on and had it done.  Imagine at 20 years old being checked for syphilis now that’s gross but it was standard procedure.  Just for the [...]

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I am reminded every once in a while how brave people can be.  I’m talking about caregivers.  Those who give of themselves, selflessly because they are committed to providing the care and love another person needs when they are sick or injured.
This post has been percolating in my mind all week and just now I’m [...]

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I try to bring to my readers insight into what I’ve learned and experienced over my lifetime.  This week I will recount how I screwed up, what I did about it and how I felt about it.
This week was a very up and down week.  There were great emotional highs and lows like a roller [...]

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This week I ventured to the capital of the United States, Washington DC.  I took a flight from Montreal to Dulles International on a Regional Jet.  Since I was an employee of an airline for 20 years, I have experienced my share of turbulence over the years but never like this.  About halfway through the [...]

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Accepting that I may have no friends after I finish this blog, I must in the spirit of fairness provide the other side of the story. Actually it was one of my readers (Curly Q) who convinced me to attempt to see the problems from the other side and expose how we got here.  I [...]

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