Branding: Gratitude

Branding: Gratitude Analyst’s Perspective: Part 40 of my series – “What Can an Analyst Do for You?” Happy Thanksgiving Branding: Gratitude for this week’s Analyst’s Perspective: Part 40 of my series – “What Can an Analyst Do for You?”  As today is Thanksgiving in Canada, it seemed like a good idea to put aside our

Gratitude: Sunday Thought

Gratitude This week’s lunch at Communitas’ Table Talk has a Thanksgiving theme. Before digging in, we were asked a simple but profound question: ‘What are you grateful for.’ Answers were shouted out. They were heartful, humorous, funny, and interesting. Yes, kindness. It is easy to preach. It is easy to want everything. But, if we

Restorative Justice: In Our Lives

Restorative Justice: In Our Lives This year Restorative Justice Week will take place between November 19 – 25. It seems this year’s theme is about the relevance of restorative justice when it comes to facing the great challenges of our times. However, this year, I, for one, am not waiting… Recently, after reading Matthew Kelly ‘s

Give Gratitude: #GivingTuesday

Give Gratitude: #GivingTuesday Gratitude is “the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.” The other night, on #GivingTuesday, I attended a talk at Open Doors. It was about #GivingTuesday and how it has become a worldwide phenomenon. One of the speakers claimed it started in Canada. I am not

Give Thanks

Give Thanks Give thanks. Being grateful for what you have makes everything better. Remember these lyrics? My friend, the communistHolds meetings in his RVI can’t afford his gasSo I’m stuck here watching TV I don’t have digitalI don’t have diddly squatIt’s not having what you wantIt’s wanting what you’ve got I still smile when I

Why Are You Grateful?

Why Are You Grateful? Thanksgiving has been celebrated annually in Canada for almost 150 years. Officially that is. I would think that the peoples of Canada have had a harvest festival for as long as they have been harvesting and realized that winter was coming. Canadian winters are not easy. While the date has varied

Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving? Our friends and neighbours – to the south and in some cases amongst us, are celebrating their Thanksgiving. It is a holiday tarnished with many things, including nebulous history, family feuds, shopping, the start of the Shopping Festival, travel, stress, continuing spread of covid, and political discord. Everyone wants the big turkey with the

What Are You Grateful For?

What Are You Grateful For? The other day I wrote about Writing a Journal. One of the reasons thatsome write a journal is to note and remind themselves of what they are grateful. It is not a bad idea. What would be on your list? Life? Health? Liberty? Not being incarcerated; being able to have