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LIVING ON PURPOSE: Today I Give Thanks

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LIVING ON PURPOSE: Today I Give Thanks

This Thanksgiving, I will give thanks for my friends and family who help me get through life. None of us ...

This Thanksgiving, I will give thanks for my friends and family who help me get through life. None of us can do it alone. We need support, guidance, acceptance, challenge, laughter, and the camaraderi ...

August 31, 2025
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Living On Purpose: Summer Book Reading With A Purpose

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Living On Purpose: Summer Book Reading With A Purpose

Three books I recommend for your summer reading are “Muddy Water” by Allen Tysick, “A Turn of Attention: ...

Three books I recommend for your summer reading are “Muddy Water” by Allen Tysick, “A Turn of Attention: Journeys into Mediumship” by Debra Doerksen, and “The World So Wide” by Zilla Jones. All three ...

July 01, 2025
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LIVING ON PURPOSE: A Place in the Sun

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LIVING ON PURPOSE: A Place in the Sun

I’m sitting at a little wooden table for two. My husband and I are drinking designer coffees listening to ...

I’m sitting at a little wooden table for two. My husband and I are drinking designer coffees listening to soft jazz tones from a YouTube channel over our heads. Palm plants form one wall and snake pla ...

February 28, 2025
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Living On Purpose: I Can and I Will

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Living On Purpose: I Can and I Will

Not all of retirement, or even life, is good news. Not every day is the best day ever. But having the wil ...

Not all of retirement, or even life, is good news. Not every day is the best day ever. But having the will and desire to make the most of any situation goes a long way in surviving any crisis. In the ...

November 01, 2024
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Living On Purpose – Grateful For Being Older

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Living On Purpose – Grateful For Being Older

As is my custom in September – I wish you a Happy New Year. With grandchildren and, in my case, a great g ...

As is my custom in September – I wish you a Happy New Year. With grandchildren and, in my case, a great granddaughter (grade two already!), it’s the time to go back to school. Photo: Barbara Risto Sep ...

September 01, 2024
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Living On Purpose – Inspiring Summer Reads, And a Touch of Laughter

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Living On Purpose – Inspiring Summer Reads, And a Touch of Laughter

Retired or not, summer seems to bring out the desire to spend more time reading. As part of several write ...

Retired or not, summer seems to bring out the desire to spend more time reading. As part of several writers’ groups, I have discovered a whole new library of authors, expanding my reading choices from ...

July 03, 2024
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Living On Purpose

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Planning Christmas If you have ever thought of changing up December and doing something different for the ...

Planning Christmas If you have ever thought of changing up December and doing something different for the holiday season, you’re in good company. For many years, I participated in a very merry season, ...

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Living On Purpose

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A “KIND” REVOLUTION! I’ve been thinking about the folks in health care. Since the pandemic, we seem to ha ...

A “KIND” REVOLUTION! I’ve been thinking about the folks in health care. Since the pandemic, we seem to have slammed into a lack of staffing in so many areas and the last thing I want to do is blame th ...

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Summer Reading To Improve Your Health

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Summer Reading To Improve Your Health

I like to get caught up in an enchanting novel, but I also like to read nonfiction which can teach me som ...

I like to get caught up in an enchanting novel, but I also like to read nonfiction which can teach me something new or inspirational. And I never turn down a cozy mystery even if the subtext is to eat ...

May 29, 2023
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Living On Purpose

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MODERN-DAY FAIRY GODMOTHER Graduation is an important time for a young person and wearing the right outfi ...

MODERN-DAY FAIRY GODMOTHER Graduation is an important time for a young person and wearing the right outfit to Grade 12 celebrations is an essential component of that rite. While young people ar ...

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Living On Purpose

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WHERE YOUR THOUGHTS GO, ENERGY FLOWS It’s important for us to ask the right questions. When we ask oursel ...

WHERE YOUR THOUGHTS GO, ENERGY FLOWS It’s important for us to ask the right questions. When we ask ourselves a question, our subconscious mind attempts to answer it. It looks for examples to prove the ...

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Living on Purpose

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BEING BOLD REVISITED People talked to me about their bold moves after I wrote a column about being bold i ...

BEING BOLD REVISITED People talked to me about their bold moves after I wrote a column about being bold in the May 2022 issue of INSPIRED magazine. Richard Wong sent me an email and suggested that he ...

February 27, 2023
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Living on Purpose: February Love

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Living on Purpose: February Love

Roses are Red Violets are Blue To readers of my column, You make me happy, and I love you. February, the ...

Roses are Red Violets are Blue To readers of my column, You make me happy, and I love you. February, the shortest month of the year, can also be the coldest for those of us living north of the equator ...

January 31, 2023
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LIVING ON PURPOSE: CHOOSING THE RIGHT MUG

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LIVING ON PURPOSE: CHOOSING THE RIGHT MUG

Each morning, my husband makes me coffee and delivers it wherever I am: just waking up and still in ...

Each morning, my husband makes me coffee and delivers it wherever I am: just waking up and still in bed; in the easy chair journalling; or at my desk writing a draft of something to be submitted. ...

November 25, 2022
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LIVING ON PURPOSE: VOTE RESPONSIBLY

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LIVING ON PURPOSE: VOTE RESPONSIBLY

One election season in the community in which I was living, there was a race that had two candidates vyin ...

One election season in the community in which I was living, there was a race that had two candidates vying for the top job. One candidate had proven skills for the position and the other candidate had ...

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