 By Rick Fullerton | Bio
Last week I began a new job. In itself, this
is not remarkable; people change jobs as a regular occurrence, whether
as a result of individual initiative or organizational circumstance.
For me, this latest career move serves as a stimulus to reflect on my
commitments and priorities and how these evolve over time.[ Read More]
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By Rick Fullerton | Bio
I am waiting for our third grandchild to be born. In fact, everyone in
our family and circle of friends is primed for the big event—but none
more so than the mother and father to be. Their lives are about to be
totally transformed when their love, commitment and belief in the
future is expressed in the arrival of ‘baby’. Birth, for most people, is the ultimate miracle of life. So it is
natural that birth is celebrated universally as an act of creation.
Beyond the waiting, the sacrifices, the preparation and the costs,
bringing a child into the world is a symbolic declaration of
possibility like no other.[ Read More]
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By Rick Fullerton | Bio
For much of my life, I have had a private conversation about dying. It
began as a young child, probably triggered by overhearing my parents
talking about people fighting cancer or other scary diseases. When I
was 12 and our family doctor knocked on the schoolroom door, my first
thought was that he had figured out I was going to die. I was shocked
to discover he had come to tell me my father had died of a heart attack
at just 53. I was devastated![ Read More]
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By Rick Fullerton | Bio
What fascinates me most at the moment is my increasing interest in
‘everything’. Where in decades past I was consumed by my job, my
family, or my professional pursuits, it seems now that my attention is
drawn to all manner of things. As a result, I am considering how I make
appropriate choices. On reflection, I see several factors that contribute to this expanding range of interests...[ Read More]
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