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Retired from 10 years in the Canadian Navy, and 28 years in the Canadian Diplomatic Service, with postings in Beijing, Mexico City, Sri Lanka, Romania, Abu Dhabi, Guyana, Ireland, Trinidad, and, last but not least, India.

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Venerating the Past, and Seasonal Affective Disorder

At this time of year, many of us are affected by memories of the past, of the way things were, of how great it was in the good old days.  It is past time to examine those memories, and, rather than long for those days, appreciate them for the contribution that they made to whom you are today.

Get over it!  We live and we die.  In between we do the best we can with what we have, but to dwell on a past that we have built up to be the epitome of what things should be, is fallacious, and subtracts greatly from the here and now.

Enjoy your memories, but live in the present!


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The Ancient Hippie

The Ancient Hippie
Natraj dances with us all.

Welcome, and Namaste

Greetings fellow travellers,

For you American friends visiting, you will notice that this old Canadian uses Canadian English in this blog: kindly bear with me. As I blog primarily on subjects that are vitally interesting to me, I appreciate all feedback.

As I tend to be a bit of a language usage freak, I will, as required, edit obscenity and rude comments. That said, I welcome your opinions and discussion.

May your Dharma be clear

Peace

"If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended:
That you have but slumb'red here,
While these visions did appear."


Puck’s epilogue to A Midsummer Night’s Dream