I was out in my front yard this morning, pulling weeds and putting in a few late plants to fill in the holes that are left by some of the early bloomers. The lilies will bloom soon. I noticed this morning, in the early morning sun, how they are oriented: I had the camera straight …
Bitterness
Charlie was charming and funny when he was sober but if he had a glass of scotch in his hand you would soon hear the story of how his father ripped the pocket off a new shirt his sister had given him when the dad spotted a pack of cigarettes in it. Charlie left town …
In Da Press…
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned” Buddha Rod Minaker, our resident anger expert was interviewed by Maureen Scurfield for an article published in the “On 7” version of the Winnipeg Free Press on “Wrath”. …
Unexpected Inspiration
Inspiration can come at the strangest times in unexpected places. I was at Pita Pit yesterday to grab a Falafel pita (on whole wheat with spinach and hummus–yum!) to share. The pita maker was a tall, thin young woman in her late adolescence..hair was severly assymmetrical–brush cut on one side, and long on the other …
A Thought
“My lifetime achievement in my opinion is really the slow acquisition of the ability to be vulnerable and needy, and to be able to accept love as well as give.” William Shatner, TV and movie actor on accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Banff World Television Festival, June 2010. Shatner went on to add: …
Manitoba Marathon 2010
Sigh. Yesterday was the Manitoba Marathon. And I wasn’t in it. Next year. The Manitoba Marathon is an annual Father’s Day tradition that I LOVE. I’m not a full marathoner, but I have loved meeting the challenge of a half marathon. I had to pull out of the half last year because of a toe injury, …
On the other side…
…of June 18th. Made it. Another anniversary of the ones I’ve loved and lost, remembered, and mourned has passed. The days leading up to the 18th have an increasing sense of dread, as the memories rise closer to the surface than they are at other times of the year. It’s a bit of a relief to …
I’ve got sunshine…
…on a cloudy day. A dear friend remembers my loss years later with daisies that show up at my door annually. Bright, pure, innocent daisies that tell me she understands my grief that lingers years later. Beautiful, alive daisies that tells me she cares, and remembers. Daisies that have showed up at my door during …
A Thought
“When two people are at one in their inmost hearts, they shatter even the strength of iron or bronze; and when two people understand each other in their inmost hearts, their words are sweet and strong like the fragrance of orchids”. I Ching
Another TDC group graduates!
Rod Minaker just finished another group with people better prepared to deal with issues that stir up anger in their life. Many of the people that take our Transforming Destructive into Constructive Course have little alternative but to take it as part of dealing with a criminal charge or an employment situation. With people who …