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Meditate On This

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Meditate On This

Meditation is exercise for the brain. Try to meditate daily, even if it’s just for 10 to 15 minutes. Medi ...

Meditation is exercise for the brain. Try to meditate daily, even if it’s just for 10 to 15 minutes. Mediation can also train you to control your thoughts, especially stopping the constant mind-chatte ...

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We Can All Be Philanthropists

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We Can All Be Philanthropists

When I was young, I thought a philanthropist was someone who lived in a massive home and had “bags of mon ...

When I was young, I thought a philanthropist was someone who lived in a massive home and had “bags of money” that he or she doled out to have a hospital wing named after him or her. I have learned, ho ...

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I Walk Alone

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I Walk Alone

When asked how he felt about growing old, a 50-year-old acquaintance said, “I didn't think I was going to ...

When asked how he felt about growing old, a 50-year-old acquaintance said, “I didn't think I was going to live past 18… so every day is just one big miserable surprise. I doubt if it will be much diff ...

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Do You Really Want Someone to Complete You?

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Do You Really Want Someone to Complete You?

Twice this week I had conversations with friends, 55+ both expressing the desire to find partners that wo ...

Twice this week I had conversations with friends, 55+ both expressing the desire to find partners that would “complete” them. “Why do you want to be complete? And, why do you think another person coul ...

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Music, Music, Music

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Music, Music, Music

What does music do for you? To you? Do you find yourself bouncing in your seat, or feel your feet twitchi ...

What does music do for you? To you? Do you find yourself bouncing in your seat, or feel your feet twitching to get up to dance when you hear some fun, funky jazz? Are there pieces of music that make y ...

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I Met The Secret Smiler

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I Met The Secret Smiler

Watcher At a restaurant not too far from downtown Montreal, mornings were always full of noisy groups of ...

Watcher At a restaurant not too far from downtown Montreal, mornings were always full of noisy groups of people and the place was lively and fun. There were about 30 tables and a long counter with sto ...

December 24, 2018
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Divining Happiness

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Divining Happiness

Happiness is a perennial hot topic for, as it turns out, it is not as simple as it sounds. Like “the art ...

Happiness is a perennial hot topic for, as it turns out, it is not as simple as it sounds. Like “the art of living” or “the meaning of life,” it is fiendishly difficult to define, let alone achieve, a ...

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Courageous & Outrageous – October 2018

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Courageous & Outrageous – October 2018

In the column this month, I’d like to share a freestyle poem written by my daughter. Recently published i ...

In the column this month, I’d like to share a freestyle poem written by my daughter. Recently published in her book of poetry, Mechanics of Dreaming, it called to me as I had been looking at my hands ...

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Reboot August 2018

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Reboot August 2018

LINDA DICKEY, a four-time volunteer builder with Habitat for Humanity Canada, says she has always believe ...

LINDA DICKEY, a four-time volunteer builder with Habitat for Humanity Canada, says she has always believed that “housing is the game changer” when it comes to improving a family’s life. She’s put her ...

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Positive Thinking Attracts New Meaning and Purpose in Seniors’ Lives

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Positive Thinking Attracts New Meaning and Purpose in Seniors’ Lives

Seniors everywhere are searching for a more meaningful purpose for a brighter future. As you start each d ...

Seniors everywhere are searching for a more meaningful purpose for a brighter future. As you start each day anew, you can find yourself wanting more for your life. This is a strong indication that it ...

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Daily Guidelines for an Inspired Life

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Daily Guidelines for an Inspired Life

I’d like to share some of my guidelines for living an inspired life – every day. I encourage you to try t ...

I’d like to share some of my guidelines for living an inspired life – every day. I encourage you to try them out! Some will be easy, some you may already do, others, you are saying, “Come on, Pat, giv ...

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In Praise of Loving Touch

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In Praise of Loving Touch

People are generally living longer, but are they thriving in their later years? Clinical psychologist, Am ...

People are generally living longer, but are they thriving in their later years? Clinical psychologist, Ami Rokach studies loneliness and says lonely seniors are a serious public health issue, and the ...

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Hula Dance for Health “It’s So Much Fun!”

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Hula Dance for Health “It’s So Much Fun!”

If you ask the Hula Dance for Health dancers why they participate in hula dance classes, the majority, if ...

If you ask the Hula Dance for Health dancers why they participate in hula dance classes, the majority, if not all, will say “because it is so much fun”. ...

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Dust Off Your Dreams

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Dust Off Your Dreams

How many of your days have gone astray and what are you going to do to make sure the upcoming days don’t ...

How many of your days have gone astray and what are you going to do to make sure the upcoming days don’t get the opportunity to do so? Here is a suggestion to take up so the year does not get away aga ...

January 01, 2017
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Happiness Personified from a Simple Buddhist Monk

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Happiness Personified from a Simple Buddhist Monk

Jolly, alert and openly affectionate at every opportunity, Tenzin Gyatso His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama ...

Jolly, alert and openly affectionate at every opportunity, Tenzin Gyatso His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama enters rooms enveloped in a cocoon-like, perfectly coordinated security squad. But, despite hi ...

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