5 Days 5 Senses -Taste

Well we are at day 4 of the challenge and today its all about taste. The explosion of sweetness as you bite into the first apple of fall; the salty crunch of bacon or popcorn, the slightly bitter taste of broccoli and the sourness of sour cherries. All those flavours make up the sense we…

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5 Days 5 Senses- Smell

I had a lot of fun with this focus – smell. Well, first thing in the day I was doing housework. Not my favourite way to start the day and it’s just on the list. So my first smells of the day were bleach and cleaning products. Can’t get too excited about that. From there…

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5 Day 5 Senses Challenge – Hearing

Hi, here we are on day 2 of the 5 day challenge. Today we are considering hearing. Like sight it is something we often take for granted until something or someone reminds us of what we are hearing. My partner is hearing impaired and on a daily basis I am reminded of the gift of…

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5 Day, 5 Senses Challenge

Welcome to day 1 of the 5 day, 5 senses challenge. Why this challenge? Well, it came about from a drive I took recently.  I was coming home from the airport after dropping my partner off and when I got home I realized that I could not remember any of the trip. I drove through…

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Wild and Precious Life

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems I love that quote, it makes me want to get up and dance. As we all know, life is not as easy as we would like it to be. There are obstacles and…

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Fear

After yesterday’s post about perfection masking fear, I checked out the inspirational message app I use only to find this quote: “More than anything, fear blinds, and only by stepping without hesitation into the next inch of the unknown can we build confidence in the life we are about to live.” by Mark Nepo (The…

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Perfection – Unmasked

There is a tag line from one of the automakers that goes like this “The relentless pursuit of perfection”, which in automotive design and production is a pretty good idea. In life, not so much. Perfection also known as perfectionism has been my constant companion for as long as I can remember. In fact, I…

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Life Without Compromises

Recently I heard a motivational speaker extolling the virtues of a “Life Without Compromise”! Which got me thinking, what is a life without compromise? If it is getting up every morning and taking charge of your day, being responsible for your choices and working to do your best (even on the days when you’d rather…

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Blogging Challenge

About three weeks ago in a fit of optimism, I signed up for a 31 day blogging challenge. At the time it seemed easy and doable – today reality bites. This commitment means I have to write and post a blog for every single day of October. Oh holy crow! So, what possessed me to…

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Upcoming Blogs

Hi, my friend James Latour and I have been having some pretty intense conversations about social media and their impact, both positive and negative. Over the next few weeks we will be sharing our blogs and offering our thoughts on this pressing issue. The topics we will cover are: Facebook, Twitter, LinkIn, email, texting and…

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