Profound

You are told you have no more than one year to live. How would you feel? What would you do?

So what's with....

Rant for the day: What's with the pinkie finger on gloves always being too long? Why don't manufacturers make that part of the glove a little shorter? I mean the average person's pinkie finger is the smallest finger! I just find that extra space annoying....

Running along just nicely - thank you!

Nov 19 - MY LONGEST RUN!!!...and in the rainy drizzle too! I am thrilled that I did it! I find that sometimes I can get this "sweet spot" of a pace where I feel I can just keep running....My goal is to do a couple of 7Ks before the year is through at this pace and then try to quicken my pace. 10K for 2008 BABY!

PERSONAL RECORDS
Fastest Pace 5:47min/km NEW RECORD Nov 6!
Farthest Run 6.27K NEW RECORD Nov 19!
Fastest 1 Mile 9min 35 sec NEW RECORD Nov 6!!
Fastest 5K 33min 34 sec
Fastest 3K 17min 22 sec

Inspiration

As I walk through the woods
of my dreams,
I see the sunlight beaming,
through the cedars.

Though I may walk alone,
I feel at peace
in this mystical serenity,
as its beauty
takes my breath away.

SS/19/04/01

And we live in a developed, democratic country?

Here's the new link that I'm writing about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjwUnfgihXY

I am totally disgusted by the unprofessional mishandling of an innocent man, Robert Dziekanski, who had just travelled overseas to visit his mother from Poland, only to die at Vancouver airport without having seen her. The video taken by a bystander was all over the news today. This is not a one-sided view of what happened. The video shows it all. This man was understandably disgruntled. Having travelled over 13 hours to a foreign country and not speaking a word of English, he was waiting in the luggage area for over 9 hours for his mother, due to honest miscommunication. The luggage area is a secured area. So you're telling me that not ONE employee noticed this man loitering around in the area for NINE HOURS???? What the f---? And when he tried to ask for help, did anyone THINK to get a staff person who spoke Polish or Russian? HAVE THEY NEVER SEEN A FOREIGNER BEFORE WHO CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH??? Really makes me wonder. So this poor man, finally gets to the second security zone. Did THOSE people not realize he hadn't passed through yet? from a plane that had landed 10 hours ago? SERIOUSLY. This man is now upset. He wants help, he wants his mother, he wants to get out of there. Can you imagine what his mom is thinking waiting at the arrivals gate all night? She speaks english, and yet no one GETS OFF THEIR ASS to go look for her son. BASTARDS. I mean really. I cannot believe such a thing could happen HERE in CANADA. The mother is told, "go home, your son is not here". SHAME ON THE PERSON WHO TOLD HER THAT. Do you have any children? I wonder how well you will sleep tonight. And lastly, the RCMP who tasered the poor guy. A taser is a LAST RESORT. This man was hardly being violent. And after being tazered once, and crying and writhing in pain on the floor, WHY did he need to be tasered again? And these are professionals? Being RCMP, does that mean that some of my taxes go to pay for their training?! Obviously, they need to learn how to be proactive rather than reactive and not jump to conclusions so damn fast. I wonder how they must feel now? In a way, I feel sorry for them. I just find the whole thing so unbelieveable. My heart goes out to Mrs Cisowski. What a way to lose a son. 'Nuff said.

What is Love, really?

Awww yes, love. Brings out the best and the worst in people. People are born out of it and people die from it. People do complete overhauls on themselves just to get it. It effects everyone differently and there is no one definition for it. But it is universal, and exists, no matter what gender, race or religion. And then there's all the types of love...shared amongst friends, lovers, family....Ok, enough with that....I'm writing this because, I guess I thought I knew what love was all about. I have given my heart away several times. However, I can honestly say, that it has only been once have I given completely of myself to someone. At the time, I thought that must mean that I loved my partner in the best way I could. I guess that is true in some ways. However, a couple of days ago, I realized that looking back, and having grown a little wiser over the years, I did not truly love the way I thought. Without a doubt, I loved with all my heart. I realize now however, that I loved more in terms of quantity and not necessarily in terms of quality. I guess I believed that by doing as much as I could for someone, showing them often just how much I cared - would do the trick. In the meantime, I didn't really think about me. I stressed and fussed and got upset when I felt under appreciated. Sometimes, one can do TOO much. And as a result, I lost myself somewhere along the way. But I know now that occasionally you just have to let a person be. Let them take care of themselves sometimes, let them have their time, be who they are and sometimes even let them falter. This is harder to do, yes. But because it is harder, this is what makes it real love. Sometimes by taking that step back, you show that you care that much more. And this holds true for all kinds of love, for whomever you hold close to your heart. Experience can only make you better, stronger and wiser, especially when you try to learn from it. Life is funny that way. I'm glad that I've come to this realization (not that life is funny...but about all that love stuff....). :)

1% lower GST - Big Whoop!

So the government has confirmed that they will be lowering the GST by 1% in 2008.
Did they ever think that this change costs small business owners time and money to convert all their cash registers to the new tax percentage? Pre-printed accounting books need to be re-printed, which means, more paper, which means more trees! Is there really much thought that goes into this at all?
I would rather see the GST stay at 6% and have the government promise that 1% of all the GST collected would go to the saving the environment, reducing greenhouse gases and ultimately, being able to meet the standards of the proposed Kyoto Agreement, which our government has previously said, we can't possibly meet. I believe that more of the voting population than one would think, would be for this proposal rather than against it. It just makes sense. In a democratic society that we supposedly live in, I wish our government would seek the opinion of its constituents more often, then assuming what it is that we want and need. Ask the people. We do count and so does our environment.
Could you imagine a beautiful warm summer's day, when the ailing and elderly no longer needed to stay indoors due to the smog outside? Now that is something! And that's just the beginning. We are talking a change to the quality of life for millions of people. Will Saving $1 on a $100 spent, really make much of a difference in your pocket at the end of the day?