What gifts did my parents pass on to me?


As I stated in my previous blog, I turn 70 in July

I have been pondering what my dear parents, Ian and Edna, passed onto me that I passed onto others.

Let’s discuss what gifts my mum, Edna, passed on to me. Edna was a photographer in the Seige of Ballarat.

What is the siege of Ballarat, you may ask? During

OK, I haven’t solved the line ending in mid-sentence. The Seige of Ballarat was the imaginary line if the Japanese were more successful with their intended invasion in World War 2. So, our family was embedded in photography except for one sibling, yours truly. I was given the gift of the world’s Greatest Volunteer

Both Edna and Ian believed in giving back to their communities, Edna was a Brown Owl in several of the towns we lived in, and Lan. was involved with Rotary

I was a volunteer at Landmark Education, A Buddhist group where I ran diety practices, and CERES enviromental

Park, where I ended

up as Secretary for 7 years and received

a year’s free membership in 2002

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I am very proud of my volunteerism over the years.

Indeed!!!

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Your truth versus your values—choose.

And do you spend that day doing by me versus through me?

A declaration:

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What is the price of your actions. by choice worth?

What is a fair exchange?

bit.ly/3UoezA4 Xavier Rudd is the man of the planet.

Well said, Winston.

Who do you choose to hang around with?

bit.ly/49Flk4w Waiting for the world to change.

 

One of Aesop’s fables that speaks the truth.

They kill men like this, every country does it.

Just be you.

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One step at a time, transformation commences when you are standing still.

I loved her in X files, smart.

bit.ly/49E4Slh How long has it been coming for?

 

 

 

We missed this in the middle east.

An example of Shedom, a true hero of the planet.

bit.ly/49DzinO Who do you see in the mirror?

a friend once told me It’s up to us, because we can, It’s our time. I use this saying a lot, its powerful. Signing off from I am an Interculturalist Here’s the playlist: