“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good.” - Elizabeth Edwards Attending my dad's employers Christmas party (1958) when … Continue reading Just Because It's Buried Doesn't Mean It's Dead
Tag: social isolation
The Sun Doesn’t Cut It
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge" - Stephen Hawking I was quite shaken by the death of Stephen Hawking which has surprised me. I knew of the man (you would have to be living under a rock not to know who he was) but I didn't know … Continue reading The Sun Doesn’t Cut It
When Independence Isn’t Worth It…
"The best way to take control over a people and control them utterly is to take a little of their freedom at a time, to erode rights by a thousand tiny and almost imperceptible reductions. In this way, the people will not see those rights and freedoms being removed until past the point at which … Continue reading When Independence Isn’t Worth It…
2017 – Better or Bitter
"I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself." - Rita Mae Brown Happy New Year and am I ever glad 2016 is finally in my rearview mirror. I have some friends who had an exceptional 2016, Eugene Stickland for example, congrats buddy. When I knew Eugene a few years back in … Continue reading 2017 – Better or Bitter
Living with Dignity
“One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.” ― Michael J. Fox This week the Canadian Parliament will be dealing with Bill C-14, an amendment of the Criminal Code focused on medical assistance in dying. The topic of "death with dignity" has been raging … Continue reading Living with Dignity
Knowing Yourself
The last couple of days have been a real "glass half full, glass half empty" internal debate week for me. That type of chaos in my self-talk usually means it's time to rebalance my Feng Shui. Do I study Feng Shui, well not really, I have researched some aspects of it but I can't really say … Continue reading Knowing Yourself
Building Social Isolation
When does passion become obsession? I am passionate in regards to access. I am passionate about defending the right to access that so many others have fought so hard to achieve. I am passionate about ensuring complacency or lack of historical perspective does not allow the new world of #socialmedia to create new challenges to access. … Continue reading Building Social Isolation
A Poster Child's Perspective 