“In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.”

 – Deepak Chopra, Indian-born American physician and holistic health expert

“Why doesn’t he just tear it down,” said neighbours, “before it falls down?”

I knew an old bachelor once who lived in a rundown old shack at the end of a dirt road. I’d heard him speak often of moving a new manufactured home onto his property. He even knew where he wanted to park it – on top of the “big hill” overlooking the countryside. The only problem was that spot was currently occupied by his old shack. It squatted there grey and ugly like some ancient toad.

The old bachelor (we’ll call him Bob) seemed rel...

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