Category: Taking Risks
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Our Music: Risky Fingers Make Beautiful Music
by Susanne Maziarz, Music Director at Neighbourhood My dear friend Sarah John likens performing classical piano music to waltzing through a mine field. At any moment, with a small slip of the finger, you could end up setting off a big bomb. When she first made this analogy, I laughed until I cried because it…
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Families Growing Together: What We Don’t Tell Our Children
by Margaret Evans, Director of Lifespan Learning Success comes from taking risks. Rewards of risks seldom leave us displeased, resulting in self-esteem boosts and other personal benefits. A risk would not be a risk if it did not have the possibility of failure. I sometimes wonder if we are doing our children a disservice by…