Tag Archives: belief systems
The Aging Challenge
“Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength” – Betty Friedan Having spent all of my life with a disability I have learnt never to take anything for granted. If I accepted every “assumption” that … Continue reading
Is Home Where You Live…
“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition” – James Baldwin Have you ever had one of those mornings where you wake up and the first thought out of your head is “damn it”. And you start to … Continue reading
With Fear as the Warden!
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear” – Mark Twain Another foggy day out there and no wind to help dissipate it. From my window I can see the huge Canadian flag as still and … Continue reading
Are We Talking..
I’m in that hurry up and wait stage of dealing with a government bureaucracy. The sun is trying to shine and it has certainly warmed up. Has been raining buckets (as I write that two of the local high school … Continue reading
Unto Thyself Be True
“Truth is nothing but a formulated perception of experienced reality” – L. J. Vanier Something every advocate/activist has to be very aware of is perception. When it comes to disabilities perception is very much attached to the impairment. Access to … Continue reading
The White Noise of Activism
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” – Martin Luther King Jr That quote has been a mantra of mine for over forty years. It was eight years after his death before I discovered … Continue reading
A Time to Turn Around
It has been a difficult six week and although I have written lots, I’ve published nada. June is my most difficult month and this year was extreme. June has been my life nemesis month. The seeds of the trepidation I … Continue reading
