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Unlikely Messengers

The air is cold and brisk as I sit bundled in a cozy blanket with my steaming hot coffee overlooking the lift-locks on this dreary October morning in beautiful Bobcaygeon, Ontario.  The trees are magnificent in their full color as the leaves dance on their branches before drifting elegantly to the ground below. As the leaves

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Twisted Sisters

Today, I met the “Twisted Sisters” in the forest. I laced up my hiking boots and set out to find them in what the locals call the ‘mixed forest’.  It’s the end of May but believe it or not, we had a heavy frost last night and many of the plants, the sumac and most of

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She Let Go.

She let go. Without a through or a word, she let go. She let go of fear. She let go of the judgements. She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head. She let go of the committee of indecision within her. She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons. Wholly and

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Bamboo

Once upon a time, in the heart of an ancient Kingdom, there was a beautiful garden. And there, in the cool of the day, the Master of the garden would walk. Of all the plants of the garden, the most beautiful and most beloved was gracious and noble bamboo. Year after year, bamboo grew yet

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It’s all About Perspective

A young couple moved into a new house. The next morning while they were eating breakfast, the young woman saw her neighbor hanging the washing outside. “That laundry is not very clean; she doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better soap powder.” Her husband looked on, remaining silent. Every time her neighbour

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What’s Your Worth?

A bottle of water at Costco is $0.25.  The same bottle in the supermarket is worth about $0.50.  The same bottle in a bar costs $3. In a good restaurant or hotel it can be worth up to $4. At an airport or on the plane, you may be charged $5.  The bottle and the

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Bee Sisters

My dad is a bee keeper. Today I went to his house and he showed me all of the honey he had harvested from the hives. He took the lid off of a 5 gallon bucket full of honey and there were 3 little bees struggling on top of the honey. They were covered in

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My Microcosm

Early on, when I was infested with bugs, but didn’t know it, I was afraid.  I knew something was wrong.  I had bites that had festered in my flesh, that itched and burned. That were not healing but instead expanding. The doctors didn’t know how to diagnose or even how to treat me. I spent months in

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The Most Precious Gift

Some time ago, a man punished his 3 year old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper.  Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.  Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father on Christmas morning and said, “This is

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Puppies for Sale

A young boy was walking down the street and saw a sign in the window of a store that said “Puppies for Sale!” Surely, this excited the boy and so he stepped into the pet store and inquired, “how much are the puppies?” The manager replied, “Anywhere from $30 to $50.” The little boy pulled

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