IS IT TIME TO TAKE A KNEE OR TO BEGIN A CONVERSATION?
This past week, Justin Trudeau took a knee at a BLM rally and stated that systemic racism exists throughout Canadian establishments. At...
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Jack Richardson
- Jun 12, 2020
- 1 min
An Eye for an Eye
AN EYE FOR AN EYE IS ONE REASON WHY SOME PEOPLE FAIL TO SEE. BUT TO LIFT SOMEONE UP SHOWS A VISION OF WHAT THE WORLD IS MEANT TO BE. OPEN...
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Jack Richardson
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
The Benevolent Ruler within you.
Imagine yourself as a benevolent ruler of the planet. What would you do to create a perfect global society? How would you go about it? I...
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Jack Richardson
- May 10, 2020
- 2 min
An Inconvenient Truth about the Planet of the Mothers
At 5:04 am on Mother’s Day, 2020, I awoke from a glorious dream. I had discovered the secret of how to bottle the energy it takes to be a...
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Jack Richardson
- May 3, 2020
- 1 min
Social Distancing or Connecting
If hindsight is 2020, how will we look back at the year of Covid-19 we are currently experiencing. As billions of humans around the world...
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Jack Richardson
- Mar 31, 2019
- 3 min
What is wrong with 'kids' today?
It is a question that can be heard in discussions floating around retirement communities like the one I am currently at as I try to act...
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Jack Richardson
- Aug 16, 2018
- 15 min
PURPOSEFUL FICTION: I THINK I AM A WRITER, BUT AM I POSITIVE?
Presented at the When Words Collide Literary Conference by Jack Richardson 1. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS TALK AT THE...
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Jack Richardson
- Jul 21, 2018
- 3 min
Hum Along With Me
A few years ago, I began writing a book to make use of my newfound retirement schedule and my creativity. My writing spawned an idea,...
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Jack Richardson
- Jun 30, 2018
- 4 min
STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES
After two days of cloud and drizzle, Father’s day began bright and clean. My wife, Carol was off to care for her 96-year-old father, and...
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Jack Richardson
- May 27, 2018
- 3 min
The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon and the Royal Wedding.
If this blog was an episode of Jeopardy, the answer would be “What is..... something no one knows about and something no one admits they...
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Jack Richardson
- May 26, 2018
- 4 min
The Captain
Some people talk about having a laminated list of celebrities their spouse would let them date, in the unlikely event that such an...
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Jack Richardson
- May 5, 2018
- 3 min
Who do you think you are?
Who am I? That’s a question we don’t ask ourselves very often. Perhaps it becomes relevant when we are completing a resume for a job or...
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Jack Richardson
- Apr 29, 2018
- 2 min
What did you expect?
Managing expectations may be one of the most powerful and beneficial tools you can develop in your day to day life. Unreasonable...
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Jack Richardson
- Apr 21, 2018
- 1 min
Pandemic
Critical Health Advisory. There have been official reports of localized outbreaks of Smiles which, if left unchecked, threaten the very...
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Jack Richardson
- Apr 21, 2018
- 1 min
CONSIDER 8
1. Consider putting the needs and feelings of others ahead of yours. 2. Consider the fact that sometimes you may be wrong about...
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Jack Richardson
- Apr 21, 2018
- 5 min
The Stanley Cup Playoffs
In some northern regions of the world, especially those requiring only black and white photography for six or eight months of the year,...
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Jack Richardson
- Apr 17, 2018
- 3 min
Are You a Role Model?
Who is your role model? Sidney Crosby, ‘The Rock’, Steve Jobs, your grandmother? Maybe a teacher or a minister played a significant role...
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Jack Richardson
- Apr 16, 2018
- 2 min
How High is your Fence?
Years ago, because I had no money, I got my wife a dog from the animal shelter for Christmas. It was probably the most expensive and...
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