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Life’s Transformations – renewal or regression

August 7, 2008

Recently one of my friends quoted a well known American economic guru saying that we are in the midst of one of the world’s fifty years cycles of economic change.  …

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Life’s Whispers – the stirring of dreams

March 15, 2008

  It is in the silence that life is conceived  It is in the quiet that the heart is discovered  It is in the whispers that dreams are stirred Whispers …

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Building Trust – in a world of mistrust

December 12, 2007

Recently four of the local communities that have been part of my work completed a community survey with help from one of my university colleagues.  These surveys provided interesting insights …

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Finding Truth – in a world of spin

October 22, 2007

Watching intently the media coverage and hype of the British child ‘Maggie’ who went missing in Portugal in May has demonstrated for me how susceptible that we have become to …

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The Day the World Stood Still – and for some it stopped

July 7, 2007

On a recent brief visit to Crimea to the sea, while exploring the area near my hotel, I noticed a partially constructed building, obviously left derelict for a number of …

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Welcome to my website!

It is intended to be a forum to communicate, share and engage with others the lessons learned from people in many countries of the world. It is my way of paying tribute to the teachers and mentors from all walks of life who shared so openly their ideas, knowledge and beliefs. Hopefully we can generate a dialogue on the importance of community in our lives; no matter where or how we live.

William Pardy

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