 By Jim Selman | Bio
Well, here we are, another Christmas Day,
almost another year gone by and people everywhere are at home or, if
not, are hopefully getting ‘something special’. I am saying a special
‘thanks’ to all those people who are working today so the rest of us
can relax and do whatever it is we’re doing on Christmas day—the
soldiers, the firemen, the police, the health care workers and even
lots of people in the hospitality and transportation industries. I woke up today thinking about[ Read More]
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By Shae Hadden | Bio
It
might be said that existence isn’t possible without both pleasant and
unpleasant experiences—without pain and pleasure. They are like a
guidance system, helping us navigate through life and orienting us away
from illness and danger and death. I’ve been relating to the physical
pain I’m experiencing since my car accident as a source of learning.[ Read More]
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By Shae Hadden | Bio
This New Year’s Eve was a refreshing break
from the past for me: a friend and I went to a local hall to listen to
a concert of Buddhist chants and instrumental music while we walked the
indoor labyrinth. The hall was crowded, filled with adults seriously
intent on purposeful walking. Two little girls were dancing and
skipping the labyrinth together—one following the other. Whenever they
encountered an obstacle (that is, an adult moving slowly), they would
weave around whoever was in their path. While all the adults were
focused on meditating or intensely concentrating on their ‘experience’,
these two girls were laughing and smiling, joyously taking whatever
life placed in front of them at their pace, slip-sliding in their socks
all the way to the centre and back out again. What struck me was not only that all the adults looked as if they
carried the weight of the world on their shoulders, but that they took
three times as long to do one circuit.[ Read More]
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By Shae Hadden | Bio
There’s a place near Fort McLeod in Alberta that goes by this odd name…the Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo Jump world heritage site
…where the indigenous peoples used to lead the buffalo to jump off a
cliff. A place where there’s a very finite line between life and
death…and where life comes from death. You see, for thousands of years,
the native people would use this natural geographical formation to
‘harvest’ these wild animals and feed their tribes each winter. I’m
remembering this place today because I’ve been reminded—not so subtly
by being in a car accident—that life is the dash between birth and
death.[ Read More]
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I am perplexed by the fact that companies have been laying off older
workers for years as part of various downsizing projects. I understand
the drive to cut costs. Under normal demographic conditions, laying off
older workers would even make some sense from a strictly financial
point of view, since they generally command higher salaries than
younger workers. The fact is, however, that those same companies are
moaning about shortages of qualified people and the difficulties
they’re having in recruiting really good people. They often resort to
paying more for younger workers or having to hire older workers back as
“consultants” at even higher rates of pay than they would receive had
they stayed on the payroll. Moreover, aside from this financial shell game, corporations are often
blind to their real costs in terms of what they lose when they lose
their mature workforce.[ Read More]
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By Don ArnoudseBio
I’ve
been feeling the pain of transitions lately. Or as my wife observed,
“You seem troubled”. Perhaps not a big deal—but for someone who lives
life as a perennial optimist, a bit unusual. So what’s going on? One
interpretation I have is that I’m just gearing up for what’s next. It’s
a familiar indicator for me to feel restless, a bit irritable, even
fearful as I come to (or beyond) the natural end of a particular phase
and pause in that “white space” between saying “Goodbye” to one chapter
and “Hello” to something new. I never enjoy it, but it is familiar. As
I get ready to enter my 60s in six months or so, I’ve been thinking
about how I want to age.[ Read More]
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I am spending a few days with a group of my best buddies. We call our
gang the ‘Old Souls’. This started about 7 years ago when nine of us
from all over the USA gathered at Vince’s farm for a long weekend,
generally to talk about whatever was on our minds to and specifically
to discuss our experiences and reflections as we entered mid-life.
We’ve been gathering three times a year at various locations ever
since. Some of the faces have changed over the years. Gary went to
India to experience and express himself spiritually: he has found Grace
and peace and is living the life of a genuinely holy man. Tom, the
youngest member, is following another path and has lost any real
connection with us. And a few new men have joined us in the last few
meetings. These
‘Old Souls’ are my friends and, more importantly, they are teaching me
friendship.[ Read More]
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