Story to tell....Veronique

Maybe it's just me. Maybe I've just lost my patience. Maybe I need to be more considerate of others. Lately however, I feel society in general is hurting. Maybe it's living in a big city, and people not having any more patience with all the construction and detours. Always being latd at work because you didn't know they were going to block that road today, or delays were caused by some changes or road blockage. I am spending a lot of time on the road and I find people are such in a hurry. Always wanting to find a way to go before you, cut the line or else. While, we are all of us, stuck in the same mess. We don't have control over those situation, and it's part of the world we live in. And BTW, it's not going to get any better. I know it can be aggravating. I know it can be frustrating. I think we just need to understand, that everybody is in the same boat as us, and we haven't chosen to be in that specific situation. It's a question of consi...

A few years ago, I had asked by past manager, from a few years ago, a recommendation for a job. I had worked for him at the beginning of my career, just barely out of university. While I worked for him, he had been a great mentor in his way, even though he wasn't always appreciated by everyone. He had given me the opportunity, without telling me, to grow within my position and giving me the liberty to take on responsibilities, even if they weren't officially part of my job description. When I received his letter of recommendation, I was surprised by the words he used in there. I was rather a leader than a follower. I was surprised by his choice of words, because for the three years I had worked for him, and the 5 years that followed within the same company, he never verbalized those feelings to me. I was grateful for the recommendation, and thanked him very much for it. I never put more thoughts into it, other than the fact I was very happy that he had those feelings about ...

I wasn't present when I was first born, but I was truly present for my second try at life. It will shock you, I can assure you of that. You can you be on hearth without being there, without appreciating and being conscious of the  experiences you are living. You can go on for 28 years of your life and suddenly wake up and realized that you've missed so much, that you've passed on many experiences because you always thought of the worst. You kinda of wonder, how can people live like this, how do they not see the beauty and the opportunities laying in front of them.  You then take a moment and realize that it was you, not so long ago, and that you remember that you really had no idea yourself that you were hiding behind this big tall wall of fear and pre conceived ideas that were engrained into your brain as a  young child or even genetics. I guess we all go through this at some point in our life, we get absorbed by society, we find ourselves pacing through li...

Standing up for what you believe in. Speaking up for the people that aren't able to do so because they fear the consequences. Choosing to help a friend, despite the fact you know they will feel ashamed of it, because they will think they failed. All acts of courage. Act of kindness. So hard to decide to do so, and not go hide in the corner. Under the table. Put our head in the sand. At first it's scary, because you are afraid of what other people will think. Afraid to rock the boat, make everyone in the room uncomfortable because you decided to speak the truth. You don't do it for fame or exposure. You do it because it is the right thing to do and the truth deserves to be heard, despite all the stigmas and judgement that goes with it. You need to make a conscious decision of removing all the shields and armours and tap into your vulnerability. Being a woman in a male dominated environment, I often find myself in situations where the conversation sometimes evolve...

I feel great. I truly do. I feel so energized and excited about life that it seems like there's not enough time in a day to do everything I'd like to do. Every time you feel like you are in the zone, you always have that thought in the back of your head. Life cannot be just that great, sometimes needs to happen and ruin all of it.  However, this time I feel like it is going to be different. I've kept progressing in the last year and I'm becoming more aware of my own feelings, emotions and state of mind. It will sound funny when I say this, but I think I'm in a place in my soul where I've become calm and levelled. (I know, funny coming from an energetic person like me ;)) When I say calm and levelled, and I am talking from an emotional stand point.  Imagine that you've been learning how to surf all your life, trying to catch that wave and surfing it out. Because I can see life being like an ocean with waves. It will send you for a tumble sometimes...

They are periods in our life, when we sometimes loose ourselves, and aren't quite sure if we embarked on the right path, if our choices have been the right one. We then struggle to move forward and can't understand why we are down again, how could we have sent ourselves into this spinning wheel of thoughts and insecurities. Then, all of sudden, something or someone, helps you take perspective on life, and your situation and from that moment you are born again. Rebirth. I think we do that quite often in our life, sometimes unconsciously. When we are stuck, not knowing which way to go, we often look at other in comparison to ourselves. Perhaps I am not good enough, I wish I was as good as this as this person. We judge ourselves so hard, having very high expectations for ourselves and putting so much pressure to achieve, to be someone, to do something big. I've realized lately, than instead of comparing myself to others, and wanting to be them so bad that perhaps I s...

January, sometimes you make it hard on us. Seams like you can't decide if you want to deliver the beauty of winter or create some sort of turmoil with your ups and downs. People; looking tired, exhausted, mad, in a hurry. Why does it seam like we are shutting down, forgetting for a few weeks that this is happening to us every year? Why can't we learn, to make the best out of this universe and circle of life. As much as we think, we start the year fresh, like a new beginning. We forget. We forget the lessons of the previous year, of all the years that came before it. Then again, we can't wait for this to be over, we get the blues. I was there myself. Struggling. Lonely. Struck in own head, with all my problems, all my worries. Stopping myself from going outside. It's too f*ck** cold.  Than it hit me. Sometimes winter. Even cold and icy January has beautiful things to show us. Maybe we just need to slow down and look up a little bit more and take the time. ...