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Glory Days

By Dave Scott I had a friend was a big baseball player Back in high school He could throw that speedball by you Make you look like a fool, boy Saw him the other night at this roadside bar I was walking in, he was walking out We went back inside, sat down, had a few drinks But all he kept talking about was Glory days, well, they'll pass you by Glory days, in the wink of a young girl's eye Glory days, glory days (Alright)

The Bruce Springsteen song "Glory Days" resonates more and more as we age. Why? Maybe we're looking for a moment that is slipping away, a reconnection to the vitality of youth, or feeling sorry for ourselves as the days and years pass.

Memories have their place and time, and each of us needs to come to terms with them, whether making peace with them or using those glory days to face new challenges.

For many men and women, sports provided that shining moment of youth. It can be hard to let go of that piece you want back, that you want to relive again.

We remember the glory moment but must also recall the hard work we put in to achieve the goal. We should focus on the training, studying, and drive that brought us to that moment.

Reflecting on my commitment to some of my sports and writing moments reminds me of the struggles and smiles that made it all worthwhile. What I learned about myself as I reached new heights in my capabilities was that the effort and rewards before the race, game, or deadline made me stronger.

Create your new glory days. As we age, we believe those days are behind us. We could not be more wrong. Now that you are a little older embrace the new you!

Think about it, you are much wiser now, you understand your body better, and, nowadays, you eat much healthier and get plenty of rest. You may be in your prime right now!

This is your time to take up a new challenge and create a few more glory days to share with your family and friends. It does not have to be running a marathon, building a skyscraper, or winning the Stanley Cup. It just has to challenge you to reach new heights, and once you start, that old commitment kicks in. You will be surprised at how far you can go at any age!

You don't need to relive those glory days.

Just rewrite them. You will like the updated version, and when you share the story, you can say I did that last year!

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Every year, I look forward, day by day, to the first robins in the yard, the winter aconites, the snowdrops, and the blooming crocuses. I mark the dates on my calendar. After a dreary winter, the colours come back, and I feel like I have won another lottery. For some reason, I have been given another year. Winter is dead and over. However, we also have to understand that, each year, all of us are a little closer to the end of our lives as well.

That notion serves as a gentle nudge, reminding us of the preciousness of a new beginning. It urges us not merely to exist but to truly live, to seize this year and extract its full potential. It is telling me not to let this new spring come and go without making something of it. Seneca said, “Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.”

This seems like a tall order to me, but it is worth keeping in mind as a lofty goal. I, for one, am far closer to the end of life than I am to the beginning. I don’t know how many more times I will get to watch the first robin appear at my house or how many more times the snowdrops will open

for me. So now is the time to make good use of my spring lottery win.

What is my purpose for being here? How can I best feel that I am living successfully? I want to wake up each morning feeling that there is a purpose to my day-to-day life. The Japanese concept of “Ikigai” encourages individuals to find their personal calling. Ask yourself these questions and find where the answers intersect: What do I love (my passion)? What am I good at? What does the world need? That exercise may bring some clarity.

How will I spend my days during this new year I have been given? Of course, a certain amount must be given up to life’s necessities. I have to keep myself and my surroundings clean. I have to feed myself. I have to shop, pay bills and keep the house in working order. I have a few appointments and some social commitments. I have to look after my aging dog Maisie. In fact, she is uppermost in my mind and is my top priority these days, as I suppose she always has been. I do whatever I can think of to make her days pleasurable. Still, I have enough discretionary time, as I am retired.

All my life, my passion has been sports. For decades, my primary sport was running. Now, that has been reduced to purposeful walking. I am still fully engaged, spending two to three hours every day walking the neighbourhood streets and the Lynn Valley Trail. Almost all of

that is spent walking on my own, with sporadic little interactions with friends and other regulars. This routine enables me to stay motivated enough and fit enough to still enter a couple of multi-day ultramarathons each year. I get to spend a significant proportion of every day outdoors, regardless of the weather, and I get to spend it letting my thoughts go wherever they choose to go.

So, I have a lot of time to think about how to live my best life within the constraints of my situation and age. I appreciate that I am in a very fortunate position. I don’t have needs that can’t be met easily. I don’t have overwhelming responsibilities. I have trusted, interesting friends, and I have time.

In many ways, what I do with my time is up to me. It is my responsibility. I have the power to control my own happiness. What will I do with my lottery year? I think, simply put, I will try not to be selfish. I will try to be kind. I will try to do little things for other people. I will try to check in on my friends. I will try not to be upset by things that are not within my control. I will be positive about life. I will smile.

SUCCESS To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the beauty in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived – this is to have succeeded.

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In a world with so many moving parts, it can be easy to spiral into a state of urgency and emergency. I invite you to breathe. Give yourself the gift of 5 minutes to sit in silence and check in with your brain, body, and breathing pattern. Just 5 minutes to check in with yourself and recognize what, if any, of the things you are trying to accomplish or squeeze in are true emergencies.

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Quite simply, what goes on in your gut is affecting the wellness of your brain, and what is going on in your brain is affecting the function of your gut.

Let’s be honest here. Whether it is inferior food we eat or information and news from our world and environment, our potential will be limited to or enhanced by our choices. Alcohol, drugs, sugar, food binging, or other avoidance or suppressing techniques or habits are just temporary numbing agents, not solutions.

Holistic health encompasses all facets of health: nutrition, lifestyle, physical activity, sleep, hydration, support systems, mental, emotional I am passionate about empowering others to and spiritual wellness, and a safe, stable, take care of themselves. This topic is very close comfortable living environment. to my heart and home right now.

Stress is a force of nature. Unmanaged stress is the mitigating factor when relationships, families, workplaces, communities, cultures, and societies crumble. Unrelenting stress, without a healthy outlet, is crippling.

Our mental and physical health are intimately and intrinsically linked. One cannot be in top form without the other! These are not just busy roads in our lives running parallel. True health practices recognize and honour that this is a major intersection on the most astonishing superhighway! Incredibly fascinating Glial cells reside within our bodies. I find it fascinating that 20% of these cells are in our brain, and the other 80% are in our gut, so “gut feelings”, or innate wisdom, are real! When you delve into the ever-expanding science, this amazing

With express permission, I am sharing this with all of you because the love of my life has been struggling for a very long time. I am in awe at my husband’s strength, bravery and dedication to me, our amazing family and his workplace. To see him finally honouring himself enough to be reaching out for help brings me relief and happiness. As difficult as things have sometimes been before we reached these crossroads, fully loaded “struggle buses” were approaching from every direction. None of them were able or willing to yield. So, emergency brakes were engaged.

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Gordon was raised on a farm. We are both engineers. We had careers in IT and lived in Mississauga. With the kids grown, we decided to buy a farm in Norfolk in 2019. The farm got its name from the town in which we live, a play on the name Walsingham or Waltzing Ham. That is how it became The Dancing Pig Farm.

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How are you helping to educate the younger generation?

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What are you hoping to see in the farming community over the next five to ten years?

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