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Parents join me for a 15 minute revolution on Tuesday

The BC teachers are still on strike.Please show up at your school at 9am to 915 on Tuesday with your kids and tell the government to bargain fairly! I have followed the debates and now am convinced that the Liberal government did not really want to solve the strike at all. Although the issue seems

Great book: Ishmael

The book “Ishmael” by Daniel Quinn is a life altering book. I own 3 copies. In essence it says that as humans we created our own erroneous ideas about how the world functions and as a result we have been depleting the earth and killing each other. We humans think we are the masters of the world, the

Cooking is art

“Cooking is one of the best ways for your authentic self to remind your conscious self that you are an artist. ” Sarah Ban Breathnach

Great book: Spiritual Literacy

I am reading “Spiritual Literacy” by Frederic and Mary Anne Brussat. It is an amazing collection of hundreds of quotes from authors, thought leaders who have written about love, devotion, mediation and all sorts of topics! Its great to read a few pages at night or in the morning. Such wisdom. I am never giving this

The world needs all its flowers

“The world needs all its flowers. Sometimes we may think, Well I am not a flower, I am not beautiful, and I don’t have any qualities that might be useful. What hubris that is, to think the world has singled you out to be useless and unbeautiful!” Jon Kabat-Zinn

Love the questions

“Try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. ” Rainer

Must read a Return to Love

I am re-reading “A Return to Love” by Marianne Williamson. If you have not read it, you must. In her very practical way, she explains how we were taught mostly through our traditional religions that we are not lovable (we are sinners). As a recovering Catholic, it was helpful in understanding how my believing

Must read Be the Change

I am reading “Be the Change-How Meditation can Transform You and the World,” by Ed and Deb Shapiro. It is an amazing collection of writings from all the amazing leaders on mindfulness. From Marianne Williamson to Jon Kabat-Zinn. I will never give this book away.

I only exist because you exist

What if we had culture based on what Bishop Tutu referred to as “Ubuntu”, which means, “I only exist because you exist, my existence is dependant on your existence, my well-being is dependant on your well-being?” This culture would be very different than a culture of individualistic competition where everyone is out for him/herself. [re-worded from a quote by Mark

Must read A Thousand Spendid Suns

I just read “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini (author of “The Kite Runner”). It gives a real picture of why women in Afghanistan have so few rights today. Although women were once politicians and academics, when the Taliban came in they essentially forced women into their homes. It helped me understand how