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Note to a friend #1
I get the sense that – like me – you are triggered to feel like an embarrassed child when someone is giving you information – as if you feel somehow that you “should already know” it, so you feel inadequate, … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, criticism, Feelings, friendship, judgment, personal growth, personal power, reflections
Tagged consciousness, feelings, friends, personal growth, power, psychology, reflections
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The feel of love…
I have kept the lace jacket for almost 50 years now. It was made by my mother’s hand, to go with the peau de soie wedding dress she also made for me. I knew she was doing it partly to … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Insight, loss, love, Memories, mother, personal growth, Reflection, reflections, relationships
Tagged consciousness, memorabilia, Memories, mothers, personal growth, reflections
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Reality check…
Here’s a sad but true fact of life: everyone farts, and no one looks good flossing. Once you accept that reality, the world is your oyster. You can look in the mirror, and realize you are perfectly normal. No matter what. … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, experience, fear, Feelings, ignorance, judgment, personal power, Reflection, reflections
Tagged choices, feelings, ignorance, power, reflections, values
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Witness to poverty #2
I first met June when she arrived in my grade five class at Bronx Park School. Fresh off the boat from Scotland, her accent was so thick we could barely understand her and she made us laugh a lot. She and … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, experience, friendship, personal power, poverty, reflections, values
Tagged choices, feelings, friendship, poverty, values
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When Linda’s house burned down
I must have been eight when Linda’s house on Second Avenue burned down. The news of her burning house spread by word of mouth – people passing it on as they walked by – people milling about in the street, … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, education, fear, Feelings, personal power, Reflection, reflections
Tagged community, feelings, power, reflections, values
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A habit of self-defeat….
I was thinking about my life-long love of ‘discussion’, when it struck me that focusing on a subject in solitude was more productive and rewarding, because there is more time and space to dwell on each thought that arises, with … Continue reading
Posted in communication, consciousness, criticism, fear, Feelings, judgment, personal power, public speaking, reflections
Tagged openness, power, psychology, public speaking, reflections, self-criticism, vulnerability
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It’s my blog and I’ll do what I want…..
Poetry…. Nostalgia…. History…. Political rants …. Hey, it’s my blog and I’ll do what I want with it. That’s the incredible, amazing thing about blogging. I’ve come to think of it as a new form of communication, (as opposed … Continue reading
Posted in causes, community, consciousness, inteernet, modern life, personal power, Reflection, reflections, values, world peace
Tagged blogging, community, internet, modern life, power, world peace
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Longing, before…
When I was young, longing was a weakness – a character flaw. One would sooner express anything embarrassing, than admit to any kind of longing. Instead we admitted nothing, closed our eyes in the dark, and listened to the poetry … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, experience, Feelings, ignorance, modern life, Poetry, Power, reflections
Tagged feelings, ignorance, openness, power, vulnerability
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Thinking and Dreaming 
The sins of our “fathers”…
There we sat, in the café, a lot of Canadian history between us. Her ancestors indigenous Canadian and holocaust survivors, mine ‘Scottish Presbyterian’ and English settlers who imposed themselves on land that may never have belonged to them. If my … Continue reading →