Monthly Archives for October 2009
What’s in your cup?
Picture yourself in a crowded room, holding a cup full of hot coffee. You are having a conversation with someone you have just met. You want this person to like you, so you are doing your best to come across … Continue reading
Mind your own business
Did you ever stop to notice how much of the conversation that goes on around you every day consists of judgment and criticism of other people? Consider a very common scenario. You’re hanging out with friends, workmates or schoolmates, and … Continue reading
In everything give thanks
Here in Canada this is Thanksgiving weekend. Early settlers and explorers gave thanks for a safe journey across the Atlantic; later settlers gave thanks for a good harvest; Loyalists coming to Canada from the United States after the American Revolution … Continue reading
Circle of life?
Recently several of my friends and colleagues have lost loved ones. My own father and mother died in 2007 and 2008, and my wife’s parents are in their upper 80s and dealing with diminished capacities. All of this has prompted … Continue reading