Your Services Are No Longer Required
One morning, I was called into my supervisor's office. Like many in the '90s, I was told my services were no longer required.
They call it corporate restructuring. My 25-year career at the local hospital ended in a split second. I was devastated, stunned, shocked. This must be some kind of mistake, I thought. I was good at my job.
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Olympic Gold Isn't For Everyone -- But Excellence Is
Twenty two years ago, Kathy Kreiner stood on the Olympic podium listening to Canada's national anthem being played in her honour. The gold medal had just been placed around her neck, and as the Canadian flag rose against the backdrop of the mountains near Innsbruck, Austria, a swell of emotion and pride passed through the hearts of Canadians everywhere.
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The Man Behind the Weapon
A giant of a man weighing over 300 pounds, Carl Swaboda of Vienna is reputed to be the only man in athletic history that has raised aloft more than 400 pounds. But you might wonder if other less publicly known men somewhere else in the world could actually lift more.
Throughout history the strongest men of the land were often... >Read More
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The Moon Is Not Enough
I volunteered for the space program for the thrill of adventure. Believe me, waiting for take-off while sitting on top of a Saturn rocket that’s 120 meters tall and weighs six-and-a-half million pounds—that’s excitement! I knew I was in for one great ride!
But what can top 11 days in space and 3 days trekking around the moon? I was... >Read More
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The Successful Find
Story told by Jack Neufeld, written by Laurie Wang
God, where the heck are you?! I was experiencing one of the darkest moments of despair in my life when my son came home telling me he lost his glasses. I was ashamed because I knew as a jobless father of six children, I could not afford to replace my son’s... >Read More
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Learning to Love
There's not much to life when you don't like people. I didn't value men and I thought women were boring - I didn't trust anyone.
Becoming a career woman enabled me to find fulfilment outside of relationships. I joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as a plain clothes officer in 1977, three years after women were first allowed in.
I really...... >Read More
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Olympic Skater Delivers Speed - With a Smile
The starter's pistol blasts, and before the first echo reverberates around the... >more
Spiritual Steroids
From the time I was three years old until I was twenty-four,... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)