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Living Well Transitions

Life is Remarkable

 “In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.” William Blake September has always been a time of new beginnings for me.   The air takes on a subtle crispness, the colours transition to a reddish-golden hue, the harvest is well underway and there is the urgency of knowing that winter, the time of rest, […]

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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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Change Transitions

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 – A Catalyst for Movement

“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.” Anatole France I have been reading and re-reading the comments to The Change Equation: The Beginning.  My deepest thanks goes to all those […]

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50's Thoughts Celebrations Living Well Transitions Weddings

A Wedding – A few last words…

“Once in awhile,  Right in the middle of an ordinary life,  Love gives us a fairy tale.”  Anonymous  A special thanks to all my blogger friends who joined the Wedding Dialogues.  Your thoughtful comments and “likes” were much appreciated. The Wedding Dialogues would not be complete without an epilogue containing some final thoughts on transitions. 

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Accepting the Torch – It’s your turn!

I am one of those famous Baby Boomers.  We are the generation that seemingly had everything going our way.  Some people think we are, for the most part, selfish and have made fortunes at the expense of our children.  And predictions are that we will burden the health care and pension systems to the point […]