Story to tell....Veronique

Catherine told me today at work, you are at the other spectrum of most of the engineers that I have known. I thought it was totally funny, so in order to comfort her, I'll start with some facts.  (3): the number of decades I have lived so far in my life. (3): the number of months I will have been working in my new job at GE Capital. 2013: A year that has been fulfilled with many adventures and challenges, new friendships, renewed ones, personal growth and more. As I enter a new decade, for the first time ever, I feel like I want to take some resolutions, not just for the upcoming year 2014, but for the next years of my life. To act, perhaps as a reminder of what I have learned over the last year or so, and help me, stay true to myself, and hopefully you might see something in this for you as well.  Stay true to myself: Easier said than done! It is truly when I act from the heart, following my soul and intuition, that I am at my best. And this, without judg...

As we are all entering December, every body seams to get into another gear. Trying to wrap up things at work, complete your objectives, so you can start the new year fresh, with a clean slate.  At the same time, we are juggling the expectations of the holidays. Family reunions, the gifts, gatherings, office parties, and more.  It's funny for the last few days, I got trapped in that cycle. Even at the grocery store, while I was trying to figure out what we needed to buy for our new apartment in Montreal. I caught myself thinking at the same time of what outfit I was going to wear at my office party, what gift I should by for a specific family member.  Same feeling at work, while we are all trying to "get things done", because the year end is coming and we need to catch up. In reality, is there ever a possibility that we will catch up, that one morning we might wake up and ask ourselves, "I don't know what do to today, I have nothing on my agenda." ...

A vision: Imagine yourself watching a building go up, a bridge taking shape. As a modern civilization, we've been know to build things bigger and better than the previous generations. Through technologies and research, we are finding new ways to do things. More efficiently. No matter how tall and big we can make things, there is always one thing that remains as important as it used to be years, decades and centuries ago. Foundation: The basis on which a thing stands, is founded, or is supported.- The free  dictionnary.com Foundation is the base of most things in our lives. In things that we build or even in our relationships. When you look at all the people that have an important part to play in our lives, there is a foundation to that relationship. Yes, it usually starts with things you have in common, like hobby, sports, tastes in food. Initially  this is what you need to start the foundation of a lasting relationship. To be honest, not to long ago, I would h...

October 31, 2012, February 2013, June 14th, July 23rd, August 29th, September 18th, 2013...just a few dates that are coming to mind. A lots of things have happened lately and my life keeps evolving! I feel lucky to have learned and lived the experiences that made me a better person over this journey of the last year. Life has shown me what I am capable of, what I am able to accomplish. I believe in myself, I have faith in life, I trust my intuitions. Hoping the butterfly effect keeps on going and keep sending me people along the way that are helping and inspiring me. Truly enjoying life, and living it to the fullest. Hoping to inspire people, by my actions and by being me. Allow yourself to be, whoever you are, it will be the best thing you could have ever done for yourself. Thanks to my family, my friends and strangers to be or have been part of my life. You all know who you are, and I will forever be thankful for it. Love, Feel, BE! xxxx This world can be perfect, you just...

Ayant commencer mon nouveau parcours professionnel depuis un peu plus de deux semaines, entrainé dans un tourbillon de nouvelles personnes, nouveaux bureaux, nouveaux concepts, nouvelle façon de travailler et encore plus, je prends mon souffle pour la première fois depuis mon retour à Moncton, à la suite de mon voyage à travers le Canada. Quelques semaines passées à Montréal et la dernière à Toronto; le tout s'étant déroulé si rapidement, que j'ai peine à constater ce qui m'attend dans cette nouvelle aventure. Lorsque j'eu reçu l'offre d'emploi sur la route, au beau milieu de ma découverte de notre beau pays, j'ai accepté mon nouvel emploi en regardant l'offre à partir de mon téléphone, en ayant une idée générale du poste et de ses responsabilités. L'aventure me paraissait intéressante et j'y décidâmes sur le coup de l'accepter. L'argent, l'endroit, le titre importaient peu. Mon "gut feeling" me disant que c'était ...

"You are a good person!" she told me today. This was my therapist at the end of our session together telling me that I was a good person. For some reason, it made me think all day, about what is a good person and how do you become or live your life as a good person. During our conversations together, she often referred to it. That I was a good person, that everything about me is true, that this is how I live my life. At least my new life. Not that I am not still part of the person that I used to be before, but I was not always true to myself before, not always making the decision based on what my life was telling me, but perhaps what I thought was the easiest road or the easiest choice. Most of the time not for myself, but to please others, or to be present for others. Also, those choices were often dictated by my fears. My fears of leaving my parents when I was younger, my fears of being rejected by others or my fear of not being enough.  When I think about it, I thi...

I've wrapped up my trip across our beautiful country of Canada this past Friday, September 13, 2013. A lot of people would say it is probably a bad day to end a trip on, but the theories of bad luck surrounding that day doesn't bother me at all. I almost see it like a challenge. This trip has been a way for me to trace a line between a journey and a new adventure. Like most of you know, I lost my job with my previous employer about (2) months ago. I would understand that some people might see that type of experience as a failure, have feeling of rejections, thinking that you haven't done enough or perhaps your employer or boss or colleagues don't like you anymore. A friend and mentor of mine told me after the event had taken place, that perhaps, people that don't perform as well or are too comfortable will most likely never get fired or laid off. Perhaps because they are showing signs of loyalty, but maybe sometimes because they are not pushing the envelope enough...