by Sharon Cooke | Oct 10, 2017
Who hasn’t heard, “Just breathe!” or “Take a breath!” Telling you to slow down, calm down, take it easy, relax. It’s important to know how to breathe because breath is life. To breathe is to live. Now I’m alive. I’m in the land of the living. But I catch myself...
by Sharon Cooke | May 31, 2015
There was a time — long ago times, when people acknowledged each other, they extended courtesies. They looked at one another and from the realm of their mouth they smiled, they tipped their hat (if they were wearing a hat), they held up a hand and waved, they uttered...
by Sharon Cooke | Jun 21, 2013
Summer – the season of action and activity. The seeds of Spring have sprouted and it’s time to go to work. Put your plans into action, carry through on projects, tend to business, have some fun – just make sure it’s while you are applying yourself. Get outside,...
by Sharon Cooke | Oct 13, 2012
My neighbour, Lloyd and I stood on the sidewalk outside our townhouses and watched a construction crew pour asphalt. Speed-bumps had arrived in our complex. The board had voted. This was to keep our children safe. “Another example that we cannot self-govern,” Lloyd...
by Sharon Cooke | Apr 16, 2012
The theory is that when crabs are in a bucket on the way to being someone’s entrée they unanimously choose to stick together and face their demise. If a rogue crab decides to live and makes for an escape by climbing out of the bucket, the other crabs pull him back in....
by Sharon Cooke | Jan 31, 2012
“Simpler explanations are, other things being equal,generally better than more complex ones”. Occam’s Razor You don’t like the way your day is going – perhaps, you don’t like the way your life is going. Now before you throw in the towel, believing that...
