Note: This is a guest post written by my mom Joan Taylor. She is one of my biggest fans and has been a great source of support and encouragement throughout this journey of injury and recovery. She is retired and lives in Courtice, Ontario with my dad. —————————————————————————————— It was 10:30 PM, the night before […]
Failure can become a spring board for success. In a recent study, it was discovered that setbacks can be the secret weapon that creates a breakthrough moment in our lives (Rick Newman, U.S. News & World Report). Our accident was one such serious setback. It was a failed attempt at driving a motorcycle down the […]
This week I saw from a distance my new normal and I was not impressed! Maybe it has happened to you. You look into the future and are shocked by what you see coming. The moment I saw this new normal was during my latest hospital visit. This visit was for surgery number eight where […]
An old saying to help you think about making the best of a less than ideal situation is: “Whatever your lot is life is, build something on it!” Another phrase I’ve learned to use is “I’m living in the land between.” I first heard the phrase in a book written by Jeff Manion and at […]
The ancient Greeks had two words for time – one was chronos and the other was kairos. The quality of your life will be greatly enhanced if you can determine what time it is and then set your clock accordingly! Chronos time is: Measured Raced against A number of days Represented by a stop watch […]
The journey of pain and suffering is a lot like the journey Frodo was asked to take in the classic work written by J.R. Tolkien entitled The Lord of the Rings. In that series of books and award winning movies, Frodo was given the burden and responsibility of carrying the ring over treacherous terrain to […]
There is an amazing sight you see when you drive through Lytton, BC at the point where the muddy Fraser River meets the clean Thompson River. When this happens it is called “confluence” which means “a flowing together”. Let’s use this picture to describe two contrasting parts of life that often touch – the muddy […]
Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart (John Adams). Part of learning to dance with adversity and find hope in painful circumstances is to have a framework to help you deal with the losses that come into our lives (whether they be as traumatic as a death […]
There’s a Jewish saying that goes: What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. Have tears been like soap in your life? During this season of recovery, tears have been my friend. They have been a release valve for pent up frustration, a way to cope with physical pain, a natural response […]
One place I had to go in my journey of healing and recovery was back to the scene of our accident. I’ve been back there emotionally and eventually will go back physically when my mobility allows it. Our brokenness and hurt was the result of driver error – the inattentiveness of one person who ran […]