Terry Fox – His legacy (or the power of one)

Terry Fox – His legacy (or the power of one)

 

Jim and Ralph discuss the life of Terry Fox; a Canadian who died at age 23. Despite having an aggressive cancer that cost him his leg his name lives on because of what his short life accomplished.  We thank Amanda Achtman for the link to her article on Fox: https://humanumreview.com/articles/our-lives-are-a-marathon-of-hope?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

 

 

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For much more from Amanda, go to amanda.achtman@gmai.com

 

There is a story that Jim’s wife tells called “The  Man Who Planted Trees and Grew Happiness”. It is set in Europe. Here is the story behind her telling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Planted_Trees

 

Here is a modern day version from Brazil (the pictures are worth thousands of words!!!: https://www.boredpanda.com/brazilian-couple-recreated-forest-sebastiao-leila-salgado-reforestation/

 

The Long Now: https://longnow.org/ talk about a long-term perspective!!!

 

We don’t usually pass on posts from Facebook, but we could not resist this post: Words to Live by in 2024: https://www.facebook.com/100000492245087/posts/7916615405031456/?mibextid=WC7FNe

 

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