Life Lessons

Beauty is…Selflessness.

April 14, 2010

The past two evenings I had the honour and privilege of being the speaker at the Ontario Volunteer Service Awards Ceremony.  These ceremonies were organized by the Provincial Government to honor and recognize the contribution of volunteers with hundreds of non-profit community service organizations.  There are 47 of such ceremonies across the province, and the [...]

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The Box

March 20, 2010

Today, I finally got to play out a scene I have seen a thousand times in a hundred different movies/TV shows. (NO, it was not a passionate, earth-shaking-mountain-moving love scene with <insert your favorite hot actress’ name>) Perhaps a little context will help here.  As I mentioned in my last post, I unexpectedly was offered [...]

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In a split second, anything can happen…

August 26, 2009

Today started out just like any other day. Got up, drove Anna to work, dropped Taylor off at school, went to the office. Travelled to another meeting that ended early. Had 15 minutes to spare before I had to pick up Taylor from school. Decided to stop by Chapters to browse. Found out my favorite [...]

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new thought on ‘healing’…

July 15, 2009

Just came back from a wonderful lunch with my pastor (at Burger King, of all places!! More proof that it is the company rather than the food that makes the dining experience worthwhile . During our time together I had one of those moments where I heard myself saying something and then thinking, “Damn!! That [...]

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On Easter

April 10, 2009

This has been a special weekend for us. As part of the week-long surprise birthday celebration I planned for Anna, after I picked her up from work on Thursday evening, we drove 9 straight hours to spend the weekend in Chicago. Anna didn’t suspect a thing! I even managed to pack her bags for the [...]

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Thoughts from “loot bagging”

March 29, 2009

Today we took our little girl to a birthday party. Towards the end of the party I was watching the little kids as the host parents handed out the “loot bags”, which are little “take away” bags with small toys and snacks . As parents we know there is ONE cardinal rule when it comes [...]

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Out of the mouths of babes…

March 11, 2009

With our little one quickly reaching grade 1 (where did the last 4 years go?), we are going through the discussion that every parent in the city has had one time or another: “May be we should move into a ‘better’ school zone.” Now, we haven’t actually decided to move yet, but when we are [...]

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Lessons Learned at the kettle

December 11, 2008

“…But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny” –Mark 12:42 A couple of days ago I volunteered at a Salvation Army Kettle – the kind you see at shopping malls and other public places at this time of year. Basically the Salvation Army [...]

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The dance

December 3, 2008

“We played the flute, but you did not dance…” Matthew 11:17 This morning one of my staff member handed me an interesting document. It was the script from the speech that she gave at her daughter’s wedding. Knowing that I have a public speaking background, she wanted to share it with me and hear what [...]

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Thoughts from a day of purging…

November 30, 2008

“Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body” (Ecc 12:12) Today, in preparation for doing some renovations in the house, we spent the day doing some much needed “purging”. As part of that process, Anna and I went through our collection of books, some of them from our university [...]

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