Inside of you is a happy person just itching to come out. Much like the form in the marble that Leonardo Da Vinci was able to masterfully liberate, so too the awakened, healthy personality exists as a pregnant possibility within us. We are born with it, lose the deep connection with this initial zone as […]
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Listening To Spaces
Ramblings of an Old Flower Child 80% of effective communication is active listening. Another way to say that is, “Seek to understand before being understood.” It’s what we taught in our Effective Communications class and is the basis of good counselling, diplomacy and just plain getting along. Essentially, active listening means being engaged, silent and […]
Death in Spring
Ramblings of an Old Flower Child: Death in Spring It seems like a paradox to think of death just as Spring ushers in a bursting forth of new life. Springtime is part of a repeating cycle in nature. It is all about cycles. Before Spring there is Winter, a time when plants die back and […]
Putting Humour Into All and All Into Humour
Ramblings of an Old Flower Child: Putting Humour Into All and All Into Humour One way to define who we are, is by how we respond to life and things that happen to us. Everyone has experiences, good and bad. They help us to develop a deeper awareness of ourselves and our world. Our existence resides […]
Renovations Inside & Out
Ramblings of an Old Flower: Renovations Inside & Out It all started with a friend of mine putting in hardwood floors at her house. When she told me that not only would she have some left over but also that she would give me a smokin’ deal on it, I went for it. (There seems […]