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Reflective Moments

15 Mar

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present! This is not a dress rehearsal but rather a singular moment in time between coming out of one eternity before we go into another! And in that moment, some people come into our lives and quickly go while some people become friends, stay a while and leave beautiful footprints on our hearts – and so live and savour every minute.

Men who often fail believe in luck. Men who often succeed believe in cause and effect. The difference between animal and man is that man is the only creation that has free will to make choice rather than operating on instinct as an animal does. Luck then becomes excuse for failure as the moral imperative for success is not complicated. Look. Listen. Choose. Act. It is our greatest blessing and our greatest burden.

UnTwisted – Chapter 4

3 Mar

It was the 1960s, and I was about eighteen when a group of men approached me. The spokesperson was named Ian.

“I work with a man in California named Dr. Timothy Leary,” he said. “Dr. Leary has come up with the chemical formula for manufacturing ‘acid’—LSD. I know how to do that, and I want to set up some laboratories in Canada.

“You have plenty of contacts and a really good enterprise going,” he continued. “You’re the man, Serge. We know all about you. You control a large part of Toronto—all the West End and a good part of the East End. Between your alcohol and fencing all your stolen goods, you have an impressive distribution network. What if I give you another product?” (more…)