Mother Nature’s Mad
The buzz about the world for some years now is that Mother Nature’s mad. The question being posed is: Are we just being super-sensitive to her moods or have we gotten up her skirt and enraged her with our careless disregard for her home? Whatever the answer, wild weather is afoot. It seems recent years have seen a normally hyped-up media legitimately using phrases like ‘worst...
Read MoreLosing Momentum
Sometimes life’s curve balls force a temporary timeout but don’t let a slowdown in momentum mean a loss of determination. Who would have ever thought that playing Ultimate Frisbee would result in a cracked rib? I mean it’s only frisbee, gosh darn it! But that’s exactly what happened to me last week after a giant Thor-like opponent tackled me to the ground as I...
Read MoreLet There Be Sight!
I can see again!! Last week, I picked up my new glasses and a whole new world opened up for me. No, truly. It was like I had arrived on a new planet. Sure, I expected to be able to see better, farther, but I wasn’t prepared for the intensity of colour, for the brightness of my surroundings, for the details of things that suddenly flooded my vision. I’ve since spoken with friends about my...
Read MoreThe Lessons of Golf in the Game of Life
I play a game of golf once a year. I’m not bad for only playing once a year, but let’s be honest I’m not great either. I once took a golfing lesson from an Australian golf-pro in Vietnam so I know the basics of how to stand, swing, and stay focussed on the ball despite the distraction of the swing and the overriding desire to see where the ball went. Sounds easy right, but it’s actually...
Read MoreI Didn’t Like the Dominican Republic
It’s not often I don’t like a place. More often I warble between lost-for-words, passionately in love, incredibly inspired and ‘it’s ok but not worth a second night’. I’m predisposed to liking places; I can’t help it, I’m fascinated by the world. Then I went to the Dominican Republic this past December and haven’t been able to say anything nice about it since. To be fair, I...
Read MoreOff the Couch & On the Road
“I have never been a runner,” says guest writer Tom Bailey who is on a six month journey from the couch to a 12km/7.5 mile race. “I have weak ankles and have always hated running because it hurts.” Long ago I decided that losing weight and getting in shape would be nice and was important for my health, but that was nowhere near as motivating as having an event/goal and...
Read MoreMan’s Continued Evolution
“Is selective ignorance the next step in man’s evolution?” asks guest writer Darren J. Roberts. It’s funny, evolution, I mean, it’s not like we know as we sit around Googling things which of our current skills and attributes are going to advance the species. Sure, we can identify what might get someone ahead in business or at school, but when you talk about the evolution of...
Read MoreLearning to Live with Myself
Guest writer Jennifer Lyn Olson writes with incredible honesty about the insights gained during a recent meditation course. When you learn to live without, you have the opportunity to discover what’s within. Last year, I enrolled in a 10 day Vipassana Meditation course in Southern Washington State. It was an incredibly transformative experience; I emerged from the experience a changed...
Read MoreA Dinner Party with a Difference
Here’s a novel suggestion for your next dinner party (particularly if, like me, your cooking skills are limited to making toast and preparing cereal – which I do very well I might add!) : Invite your friends to your house and ask them to cook. Before you race to judge my dinner invitation as inhospitable and selfish, let me explain: I’ve never quite understood the traditional dinner party....
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