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I have no power
Sometimes natural chaos comes with a voicemail message. The utility company called to say that the power in our neighbourhood would be off for several hours today while they replaced an electrical pole. So for me who runs a home …
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Inspiration from Craig Kielburger
Become a shameless idealist. That was the call to action I received this year from Craig Kielburger. Craig and his brother Marc founded Free the Children, an organization dedicated to helping young people become socially conscious global citizens. While Craig’s …
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Imagine it and make it happen
Tales from my Italian adventure Paolo Fanciulli is not a guy who lets a few obstacles get in his way. A fisherman who lives in Talamone next to the Parco Naturale della Maremma in Tuscany, Paolo is a shining example …
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Tagged obstacles, pescaturismo, plan, plan B, success, travel, Tuscany, vision
Thought provoking morsels from the poet butcher
Tales from my Italian adventure It’s amazing the judgments we catch ourselves making. Who would have thought that a butcher in a small Tuscan town was actually a renaissance man? After a long hike through the Tuscan countryside our group …
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Tagged chaos, conversation, Dante, Dario Cecchini, Inferno, judgment, perspective, philosophy, poetry, respect, self, travel
Giving up the clipboard of fun
Tales from my Italian adventure When I first started exploring the world in the mid 1980′s, I admit I succumbed to the clipboard of fun method of travelling. That’s probably a pretty common mistake for novice or infrequent travelers – …
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Tagged Context Travel, David Whyte, Florence, life, plan, time, travel, Tuscany
Inspiration from David Whyte
Tales from my Italian adventure Friends sometimes give you the best gifts without even realizing it. That happened to me when my dear friend Victor sent me a David Whyte poem one day several years ago. It was my first …
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Life coaching is not for dummies
Well it’s finally happened. Life coaching has made it into the mainstream. How do I know? I was in my local bookstore today and came across Life Coaching for Dummies. Now I’ve never really been a big fan of that …
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Life lessons from mom
Like most kids, it took me a while to figure out that my mom was one smart cookie. Inevitably I went through many years thinking I knew way more than my mother would ever possibly know. And of course as …
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Angering the luggage gods
I’m not sure how or when, but somewhere along the line I must have angered the luggage gods. Or at least those ones assigned to Rome. A couple of years ago, I and my five traveling companions arrived in Rome and …
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Money CAN buy happiness
Your mother probably told you that money can’t buy happiness. Well according to a new study, your mother might have been wrong. Seems that having money doesn’t necessarily make you happy but spending it on other people does – even …
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