Today I met a man who has been subjected to bullying and stereotyping all his life, and in the end came out on top. I realized that those who attend school, do not do well, and survive it, are frequently the ones who accomplish great things in life. Why? Part of it is the ‘nothing [...]
July 23, 2010
Categories: Simple Ideas, Thoughts on Life . Tags: Bullying, ordinary, Autism: the Musical . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
Watching a meltdown of a human being is daunting. It is because when we do, as we are with Mel Gibson, we are privy to the destructive forces within a human being taking over the creative. Rarely, if ever, in past generations have we been witness to the personal collapse of a human being. The [...]
July 15, 2010
Categories: Simple Ideas, Uncategorized . Tags: Mel Gibson, meltdown, Robert Mugabe . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
1. Oil slick off Louisiana – the destruction to the sealife and environment will likely be enormous. What will the world be like when oil is not as important? 2. Canada’s Governor General apologized to the Rwandans for the world community, which includes Canada, not being involved in stopping the genocide there in 1994. It’s [...]
April 23, 2010
Categories: Simple Ideas . Tags: birthday, Canada, Governor General, NOah River, oil slicks, Rwanda . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
Tiger Woods is a man who likely has a hard time being himself. He has been a showman all his life; he has been watched, studied and idolized. Inevitably he had to have moved into that role. So today when he apologized to pretty much the entire universe, cosmos and more, there was something about it [...]
February 19, 2010
Categories: Humanity, Simple Ideas, sports . Tags: journlism, Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods apologizes . Author: avrum . Comments: 2 Comments
1. Do you think that newspapers are accusatory; that their general motif, way, is that of ‘got’chya’? Read your favourite newspaper(s) today and apply this thought while you’re doing so. How much of what you read reflects: we found the worst aspect of this person’s life, or a situation, highlited it, and now are presenting [...]
October 10, 2009
Categories: Simple Ideas . Tags: news, newspapers . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
It’s quite amazing what has happened since the road incident that took Darcy’s life a couple o f weeks ago. People have taken a stand on the issue and either consider Michael a ‘murderer’ or see Darcy as a person who instigated and therefore was not killed but caused his own death. Couriers and bikers have taken very [...]
September 10, 2009
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1. I met a woman today who seemed very nervous and shy, but driven and accomplished. She works on Sundays. I wondered when we put our work before our family and visa versa. This is not a judgment call of her or anyone else, just a meandering about passion for issues and career versus familial stuff. Sometimes [...]
July 28, 2009
Categories: Simple Ideas, Uncategorized . . Author: avrum . Comments: 2 Comments
I CAN’T HELP IT. THAT’S THE WAY I THINK… 1. I’m sitting home and it’s quiet. Sometimes it becomes quieter than it should be, or perhaps ever was. The other side to the loneliness of stillness is that I realize I am closer to me. The louder the quiet becomes the more self aware I [...]
July 23, 2009
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1. One of my councillors made every effort not to step on the caterpillars on the track, where we walk. She said they make a big mess, but then added she gets sad when they are killed. i think you can trust people who don’t kill insects if they can avoid it. 2. Two people [...]
July 3, 2009
Categories: Simple Ideas . Tags: cardio-rehab . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
Moving is generally an onerous task that most people do not look forward. Much is said about it and the culture surrounding this lack lustre task such as: if a friend helps me move, then he/she has really proven his/her commitment to me. Further, what is the time called when your furniture and belongings are [...]
June 30, 2009
Categories: Simple Ideas, Thoughts on Life . Tags: Chafetz Chaim, movers, Moving . Author: avrum . Comments: 1 Comment
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