Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Support your local foodbank

Support your local food bank. They serve many with very little resources. In my community, our food bank is one of many services SHARE provided our community. As many know, I was on the Board of Directors of SHARE for six years, and two years ago. I still support their work. Here is part of a report from SHARE as to what they do

Last year, 1,308 SHARE volunteers gave 45,231 hours of service in our community: that is like having a medium-sized business with 25 full-time employees doing nothing but good work in our Tri-Cities community, all year.

We know you are often asked to contribute your time and money to support a growing number of worthy causes. There is a great deal of important work that is being done by charities across BC, Canada and around the world. We would like to talk about the difference you make when you choose to support SHARE, where real change happens right here in your home community

SHARE has been serving our Tri-Cities community since 1972. We help people connect with each other, to engage with their community and to strengthen their lives by supporting them in moving forward. We make an important difference in the lives of local children, families, and seniors. We help people who are hungry, children reach developmental milestones, youth struggling with mental health issues, isolated seniors, newcomers and refugees who need settlement support, families who are in crisis and youth and adults struggling with addiction. We build strength in our fellow community members across the Tri-Cities community every day and with your support, we can ensure that this important work will continue.

Please consider making a contribution by visiting our website, just click on "GIVE NOW" button at the top right of the homepage and please pass this message along to others who may be able to help.

If you are already volunteering or if you have made a donation of food or funds, please accept our sincere gratitude for investing in the future of our friends, neighbours and families.

If you know someone who may need our help, please encourage them to visit http://sharesociety.ca/

Thank you for considering an investment in our community. Your help makes a difference!

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Act if needed

The very feelings you're now feeling, - the good, the bad, and the confused - are in large part why you life in this life: your job is to simply feel them, recognize them and if needed act on them

Monday, November 28, 2016

Expect the unexpected

No one knows how their retirement will play out until they begin living it. Expect the unexpected. When I retired I struggled with the concept of not having to work, I suffered from the I was an Important Person and it took a while to realize that being an important person was not defined by the role played when working, but was defined by what you do and think.

Retirement has been filled with many adventures, I have travelled many times to Australia, played golf (badly--but with a great group of friends)  throughout my home province, volunteered on a  wonderful charity that helps thousands of people each year. I started two online stores, and have continued this blog longer than I though I might. I have started a garden and in the second season had a better crop than my first year. I have struggled with almost losing my wife of 46 years to  a brain injury and as a result developed a sense of family. I have lost about a dozen friends and relatives to death and have started to mentally prepare for that eventuality.

Expect the unexpected, is the key to having a successful retirement and changing your own expectations about what life will be like after retirement. The old saying go with the flow, springs to mind I move into the winter season here and wait for my daughter and our extended family to arrive from Australia for the Xmas holidays. 

Life has been good since I retired and realized that I was in control of what and when I did stuff. I still volunteer and give one workshop a week on issues of concern to Seniors and have met some wonderful people through this process.  I suggest that planning for retirement means planning for fun, excitement and the unexpected and just sit back and enjoy the ride for as long as it lasts. Thanks to Love Being Retired for the ideas for this post

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Did you ever notice

Did you ever notice  that whenever you see people in love, they literally glow? You probably did at  one point in your life and you may even remember the glow today. 

But did you know that the glowing is actually made up of zillions of minute sparkles?

That these sparkles receive as much energy as they create? 

Because of this energy exchange you completely stop aging and look younger? 

Abundance is immediately drawn to you? 
Healing powers fill you? 

Muscles are strengthened, pounds are shed, and your vision improves? 
Lingering questions are answered? 

New friends are summoned? 
Old friends are poked? 
Problems are solved? 
And maple syrup tastes more maple-y? 

All when you feel love. 

It's true,