One of the things I am most grateful for in life is that I don’t smoke. It is a terrible addiction,not to mention it costs a fortune. A pack of Marlboro cigarettes currently costs $13 Canadian so a pack a day for a year will set you back a staggering $4750 a year. Ouch! When […]
“A book can make you wealthy but like a stomach that isn’t fed… the food between its covers, will starve you if not read.” I am about to move to a new residence, so inevitably there has to be a declutter, a giveaway of unneeded items to a deserving charity box, and then packing boxes […]
It’s so easy to be toxic these days as we are constantly exposed to negativity. Social media has fuelled that fire. Trolling, according to the Cambridge dictionary, means the act of leaving an insulting message on the internet in order to annoy someone. There are even people who create several different profiles at once for […]
I recently had to say goodbye to my wonderful cat Zoey. A very tough day. She had been sick with various ailments, but even so, I felt like an executioner when I had to ask my vet to put her to sleep. I rescued her 13 years ago from a shelter and gave her a great life: […]
Spending way above our means has become a disease affecting the majority of our nation. We live in a buy now, pay for it later, instant gratification, society. So much different from our grandparents (our parents may not have been born early enough), who would not purchase anything unless they had the money to do […]
I wrote this saying to get across how important appreciation is to a person’s soul, their emotional health, and well-being, and how they live their life. When was the last time you were appreciated? When was the last time you were told… I love you, I’m proud of you or I appreciate you? How many… […]
My late father Fred Penn, was always a stickler for time. He always had to be punctual and would leave extra early to make sure he was never late. It used to drive us all crazy because we would have to go along with him and we never understood why it was so important to […]
If you believe that everything in life,good or bad, is meant to be, then you will relate to my story. My name is (Bernard) Alan Penn. I was born in Glasgow, Scotland and came to live in Toronto, Canada in 1989. That’s when I decided to use my middle name, Alan. In my constant reading […]