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The Greatest Teacher

kcanderson — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:43:37 +0000

“Your greatest teacher, your greatest guru, is already within you at the centre of your chest” ~Dharma Mittra

kcanderson — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:34:52 +0000

“I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down men other-centered can build up…….I still believe that we shall overcome!”
~Martin Luther King’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, Oslo, December 10, 1964

Other people.

kcanderson — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:20:06 +0000

I sit in a coffee shop preparing to start studying a topic for my final medical licensing exam. This is not an unfamiliar spot for me. Settling in with my books open, notes ready, prepared for a few hours of work. Next to me sits a young woman, enjoying a latte while reading the paper. Next to her, she has a copy of the book Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. I imagine her having a life full of these inspiring type of activities. I look back at my computer ready to read some cases on osteoporosis, and consider the last decade of sacrifice that have made this career journey possible.

Rising

kcanderson — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:27:11 +0000

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
~Confucius

kcanderson — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:40:49 +0000

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” ~Mary Anne Radmacher

Another World.

kcanderson — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:11:42 +0000

“Another world is not only possible,
she is on her way.
On a quiet day,
I can hear her breathing.”

~Arundhati Roy

Personal Stories

kcanderson — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:59:50 +0000

“To bring about a paradigm shift in the culture that will change assumptions and attitudes, a critical number of us have to tell the stories of our personal revelations and transformation.” ~Jean Shinoda Bolen

Good Hospital Food

kcanderson — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:20:40 +0000

I was at TEDxToronto to see this wonderful talk by Joshna Maharaj about bringing good food back into hospitals!

Writing makes time.

kcanderson — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:58:40 +0000

Sarah Selecky in a very thoughtful short piece about being busy and writing anyways.

Michael Stone on the Occupy Movement

kcanderson — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:42:12 +0000

This inspiring and hopeful video here.