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The Change Equation – The Body Aging

A few days ago, as I briskly walked the Vancouver Seawall, a young couple ran passed me with the elegance and confidence of two gazelles. A few steps behind me, a young mother held the hand of a toddler learning to walk alongside her. That’s when I thought, I am living the Riddle of the […]

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The Change Equation – Community and the Alphabet!

“In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our only real hope for survival.” Stanislav Grof Thirty years ago, when my parents entered their 50’s, they were asked to participant in a university study on aging. They were interviewed separately in cubicle offices by young 20 something year-old students. […]

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The Change Equation – Candle Makers

“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” Theodore Roosevelt Work!  We need to work.  We define our lives by what we do, how we participate and by our lasting contribution to our families, communities and even future generations.  Notwithstanding those moments […]