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\"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do\". Rumi

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\"When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues.\" Rumi

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/the-art-of-listening","title":"The Art Of Listening","summary":"\"When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues.\" Rumi","date_modified":"2026-09-01T23:40:28Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/legacy","html_content":"

\"Legacy is not leaving something for people. It's leaving something in people.\" Peter Strople

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\"If compassion doesn't include yourself, it's incomplete.\" Jack Kornfield

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\"All true things must change and only that which changes remains true\". Carl Jung

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\"To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.\" Arne Garborg.

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\"You matter because you are you. And you matter to the last moment of your life\". Dame Cicely Saunders

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\"A goal without a plan is just a wish\". Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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\"Absence is a house so vast that inside you will pass through its walls and hang pictures on the air\". Pablo Neruda

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\"The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them\", Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist.

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/extraordinary","title":"Extraordinary","summary":"\"The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them\", Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist.","date_modified":"2026-02-23T20:02:12Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/agelessness","html_content":"

\"This is my birthday, and a happier one. Was never mine...\" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/agelessness","title":"Agelessness","summary":"\"This is my birthday, and a happier one. Was never mine...\" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.","date_modified":"2026-02-04T18:45:07Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/laughter","html_content":"

\"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.\" William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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\"Every sunset is a reminder that endings are but preludes to new dawns.\" Aloo Denish Obiero

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/endings","title":"Endings","summary":"\"Every sunset is a reminder that endings are but preludes to new dawns.\" Aloo Denish Obiero","date_modified":"2025-12-22T19:53:05Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/winning","html_content":"

\"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run\". Babe Ruth

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/winning","title":"Winning","summary":"\"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run\". Babe Ruth","date_modified":"2025-11-13T14:26:43Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/counselling-in-later-life","html_content":"

\"The wiser mind mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind\" William Wordsworth

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/counselling-in-later-life","title":"Counselling in Later Life","summary":"\"The wiser mind mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind\" William Wordsworth","date_modified":"2025-10-20T20:49:38Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/truth-untruth","html_content":"

\"The truth is rarely pure and never simple.\" Oscar Wilde

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“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence.” Albert Einstein

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“Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.\" Ram Dass

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\"The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention\" Sharon Salzberg

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/reframing","title":"Reframing","summary":"\"The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention\" Sharon Salzberg","date_modified":"2025-07-21T13:26:42Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/who-cares","html_content":"

\"Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness\". Rollo May

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\"Always remember you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.\" Margaret Mead

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“It’s later than you think”.

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\"We don't heal in isolation, but in community\" S. Kelley Harrell

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\"There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.\" Rumi

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This week’s blog, titled, Here, celebrates Social Work Week, which is held from March 3 to 9 under the theme Wherever You Are, So Are We. It honours the thousands of social workers across Ontario who meet people where th...

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\"We cannot solve problems with the same thinking we used when we created them \" Albert Einstein

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\"It's paradoxical that the idea of a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone\". Andy Rooney

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/longevity","title":"Longevity","summary":"\"It's paradoxical that the idea of a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone\". Andy Rooney","date_modified":"2025-01-21T20:11:17Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/returning-home","html_content":"

\"Whoever brought me here will have to take me home\" Rumi

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\"The pleasure of leaving home, care-free, with no concern but to enjoy, has also as a pendant the pleasure of coming back to the old hearthstone, the home to which, however traveled, the heart still fondly turns, ignorin...

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/leaving-home","title":"Leaving Home","summary":"\"The pleasure of leaving home, care-free, with no concern but to enjoy, has also as a pendant the pleasure of coming back to the old hearthstone, the home to which, however traveled, the heart still fondly turns, ignorin...","date_modified":"2024-09-03T18:40:41Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/stress","html_content":"

\"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity\" Albert Einstein

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\"You have not grown old, and it is not too late to dive into your increasing depths where life calmly gives out its own secret.\" Rainer Maria Rilke

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/too-old-to","title":"Too Old To...","summary":"\"You have not grown old, and it is not too late to dive into your increasing depths where life calmly gives out its own secret.\" Rainer Maria Rilke","date_modified":"2024-08-06T17:06:31Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/social-aging","html_content":"

\"Be with those who help your being\", Rumi

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Almost always, when a person realizes he has been deeply heard, his eyes moisten. I think in some real sense he is weeping for joy. It is as though he were saying, \"Thank God, somebody heard me. Someone knows what it's l...

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/counselling-and-dementia","title":"Counselling and Dementia","summary":"Almost always, when a person realizes he has been deeply heard, his eyes moisten. I think in some real sense he is weeping for joy. It is as though he were saying, \"Thank God, somebody heard me. Someone knows what it's l...","date_modified":"2024-07-09T01:57:52Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/senses","html_content":"

“The senses being the explorers of the world, open the way to knowledge” Maria Montessori

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“Difficult conversations do not just involve feelings, they are at their very core about feelings.” Douglas Stone

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/conversations-with-aging-parents-about-the-future","title":"Starting Conversations with Aging Parents ","summary":"“Difficult conversations do not just involve feelings, they are at their very core about feelings.” Douglas Stone","date_modified":"2024-06-11T02:21:34Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/conscious-aging","html_content":"

\"Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength\". Betty Friedan

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\"Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible\". Thich Nhat Hanh

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/impermanence","title":"Impermanence","summary":" \"Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible\". Thich Nhat Hanh","date_modified":"2024-05-13T16:46:19Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/noticing","html_content":"

\"Awareness is the greatest agent for change\" Eckhart Tolle

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/noticing","title":"Noticing","summary":"\"Awareness is the greatest agent for change\" Eckhart Tolle","date_modified":"2024-04-29T16:28:58Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/roles","html_content":"

\"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players\" William Shakespeare (As You Like It).

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/roles","title":"Roles","summary":"\"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players\" William Shakespeare (As You Like It).","date_modified":"2024-04-15T22:50:51Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/spring","html_content":"

\"In a world of grief and pain flowers bloom - even then.\" Kobayashi Issa

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/spring","title":"Spring","summary":" \"In a world of grief and pain flowers bloom - even then.\" Kobayashi Issa","date_modified":"2024-04-02T16:16:04Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/wisdom","html_content":"

“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.” Paulo Coelho\n

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/wisdom","title":"Wisdom","summary":"“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.” Paulo Coelho\n","date_modified":"2024-03-18T13:49:40Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/being-there-for-someone-with-dementia","html_content":"

Following you, I threw my heart to the winds. One day your scent filled the air; my heart swelled in gratitude and scattered in the wind. Rumi

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/being-there-for-someone-with-dementia","title":"Being There For Someone With Dementia","summary":"Following you, I threw my heart to the winds. One day your scent filled the air; my heart swelled in gratitude and scattered in the wind. Rumi","date_modified":"2024-03-04T16:45:34Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/caregiving-with-siblings","html_content":"

\"Life is a balance of letting go and holding on\"- Rumi

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/caregiving-with-siblings","title":"Caregiving with Siblings","summary":"\"Life is a balance of letting go and holding on\"- Rumi","date_modified":"2024-02-20T15:43:18Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/perspective","html_content":"

\"A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.” Robertson Davies

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/perspective","title":"Perspective","summary":"\"A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.” Robertson Davies","date_modified":"2024-02-05T18:02:59Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/meditation","html_content":"

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. Thich Nhat Hanh

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/meditation","title":"Meditation","summary":"Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. Thich Nhat Hanh","date_modified":"2024-01-22T17:30:57Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/validation","html_content":"

\"There is a voice inside of you\nthat whispers all day long,\n\"I feel that this is right for me,\nI know that this is wrong.\"\nNo teacher, preacher, parent, friend\nor wise man can decide\nwhat's right for you - just listen to...

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/validation","title":"Validation","summary":"\"There is a voice inside of you\nthat whispers all day long,\n\"I feel that this is right for me,\nI know that this is wrong.\"\nNo teacher, preacher, parent, friend\nor wise man can decide\nwhat's right for you - just listen to...","date_modified":"2024-01-08T20:41:04Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/resolutions","html_content":"

\"No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.\" Buddha

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/resolutions","title":"Resolutions","summary":"\"No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.\" Buddha","date_modified":"2023-12-27T18:23:03Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/gifts","html_content":"

The holiday shopping period is well upon us - it's a time of year associated with gifts and everything we wish for. Our thoughts may bring us back to the holiday memories from our youth and how those occasions set the ...

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/gifts","title":"Gifts","summary":"The holiday shopping period is well upon us - it's a time of year associated with gifts and everything we wish for. Our thoughts may bring us back to the holiday memories from our youth and how those occasions set the ...","date_modified":"2023-12-11T16:19:53Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/caregiving-and-self-care","html_content":"

“As you grow older, you will discover you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” Maya Angelou.

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/caregiving-and-self-care","title":"Caregiving and Self-Care","summary":"“As you grow older, you will discover you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” Maya Angelou.","date_modified":"2023-11-27T21:36:08Z"},{"id":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/caregiving-summit","html_content":"

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead, Anthropologist

","url":"https://connectedcounsellors.ca/f/caregiving-summit","title":"Caregiving Summit","summary":"“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead, Anthropologist","date_modified":"2023-11-13T13:40:29Z"}]}