"Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream" - Khalil Gibran Just a quick Friday afternoon feelings article. A short review of "izing's" and something that Khalil Gibran made me realize many years ago. His writings had a major impact on me in the late 60's and into my college years. So just … Continue reading Izing the Memories of Life
Month: January 2018
Stereotyping Through Stigma
"The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that it's this or maybe that - you have just one large statement; it is this." - Chinua Achebe I have spend the better part of my adult life fighting stereotypes and continue to … Continue reading Stereotyping Through Stigma
Generational Gaps Killed Sears
"Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honour their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging." - Maya Angelou Growing up as a baby-boomer the arrival of the Sears Christmas Wish catalogue was one of the simple joys of the time. The Sears closure … Continue reading Generational Gaps Killed Sears
Deconstructing Healthcare
"America's health care system is neither healthy, caring or a system" - Walter Cronkite This opening quote can also be said of Canada now. I grew up in a Canada when health-care had doctors who came to your home. I grew up in a Canada where home birth's were not uncommon quite often performed by … Continue reading Deconstructing Healthcare
A Hostage of Circumstance
"The biggest restriction to independence for the disabled is the perception of retaliation for speaking out" - Terry Wiens (2018) I am so pissed off right now I need to speak out. I have been a hostage of circumstance for the past four years and I'm tired of it. I own part of the responsibility … Continue reading A Hostage of Circumstance
On the Issue of Survival
"It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change" - Leon C. Megginson Many years ago I read a number of books written by Leon Megginson, an academic considered by many as a business guru. The first one was written in 1972 entitled "Personnel - … Continue reading On the Issue of Survival
2018 Write More Say Less
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end" - Seneca Welcome 2018. I really had no intention of seeing the New Year in but after lying wide awake in bed for the past hour and a half I decided what the hell. I had a few ideas floating around in my mind so decided … Continue reading 2018 Write More Say Less
A Poster Child's Perspective 