The Finish is Not The Point
Todd talks about his experiences with living a life focused on bigger and bigger goals and his exploration of what happens when you try to give that up. Continue reading The Finish is Not The Point
Tag: positivity
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Week 1 Photo: Green
This week’s Fun Foto Challenge included a whole list of words from which to choose and of them all, “green” was the word that spoke to me. Off to Google Photos I went to put their AI to work for … Continue reading Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Week 1 Photo: Green
Gratitude for Transportation
I think there’s a 30 day challenge going on lately that has a question about pet peeves because I’m seeing a whole bunch of posts on that subject. I don’t have a whole lot of them but one that gets … Continue reading Gratitude for Transportation
Terrific Tuesday – 500 Kindnesses Anniversary
I didn’t realize it until google photos reminded me but today was the 5th anniversary of the end of the 500 Kindnesses Ride. What was this? Daegan, then 13 and I did a ride together to promote the idea of doing random acts of kindness. We treated it like a fundraising ride but instead of asking people to give money, we asked them to do something nice for someone. We would ride from Toronto to New York City – both cities with reputations as cities filled with unkind and irritable people. It was pretty successful and changed my own attitude … Continue reading Terrific Tuesday – 500 Kindnesses Anniversary
Terriffic Tuesday – If You See Something Do Something
It’s that time of the week again – time to take a break from the discouraging and disappointing news of the week to remember that good things are still happening out in the world. Here’s a quick roundup: A State in India Has Turned 1,600 Tons of Plastic Trash Into 620 Miles of Road: One of the things many people notice when they visit India is trash and pollution. As someone coming from a much less populous country it would be easy to be really judgmental. I remember thinking, though, as I looked out the window on the train from … Continue reading Terriffic Tuesday – If You See Something Do Something
Terriffic Tuesday – This week in Good News
Years ago, Daegan and I did a project called 500 Kindnesses. The principle was simple: We would ride from Toronto to NYC (1500 km – just over 900 miles) from the city considered by many to be Canada’s unfriendliest to the one considered the most unfriendly in the US. We’d treat it like a charity bicycle ride. Except instead of fundraising for money we would ask people to pledge to perform acts of kindness instead. It was an amazing experience that is worth a whole post of its own someday. But a summary of it is here: One of the … Continue reading Terriffic Tuesday – This week in Good News
How I Manage Business Travel Part Two: Being Where You Are
(Looking for Part 1: Maintaining Family Balance?) In 2004, disappointed with George W, the Iraq War, and the sheer number of people around us who thought all of that was just peachy (sound familiar now?), we did what we’d talked … Continue reading How I Manage Business Travel Part Two: Being Where You Are
Terrific Tuesday – Inaugural Edition
When I was on Facebook, one of my favourite things to do was to post news of good things happening in the world. For many folks, the Facebook feed can be something of an echo chamber. An upsetting news story breaks, then it gets shared, then it gets reacted to and the reactions are shared. It can be a barrage of awful news after just a few minutes of scrolling. At a minimum, after enduring a salvo of bad news we feel bad. But more often than not, it also can result in our making judgments: If all I’ve seen … Continue reading Terrific Tuesday – Inaugural Edition
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