By John English
Libraries and bookstores abound with titles that purport to show me how to determine my life purpose
– “Discovering Your Soul’s Purpose”, “Pathway to Purpose”, “The Meaningful Life”, etc. I have also noted
that there are many “life coaches” and self-styled gurus who are prepared to guide me to a life of
greater fulfillment and happiness. The surfeit of these offerings suggests that meaning and purpose are
important components of life, and that if I’m not trying to determine what my life purpose is, I should
be. The cynic in me also recognizes the cash value of my search for meaning for the many spiritual
counselors waiting to assist in my search, for a price.
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The 15th Annual Children’s Christmas Wishes runs from mid-November to mid-December. Buy a gift for a
less fortunate child. Tags of Wishes will be on the Tree at Sobey’s Check-out Musquodoboit
Harbour. Deliver gifts tagged & unwrapped to Musquodoboit Harbour Library by December 11 to put in the
Christmas Wishes bin (not the general foodbank gift bin) Register your tag at
[email protected] or 902-889-3440. Gifts are distributed via Foodbank.
Q: My Get Up and Go, Got Up and Went. How do I get started organizing?
—Lost in Little Harbour
A: Dear Lost,
Finding the energy to begin organizing can feel like an insurmountable task. Our stuff
impacts our mental health. It’s scientifically proven that unorganized and cluttered
spaces can lead to higher levels of cortisol resulting in anxiety. In short, our mess
causes stress!
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By Elizabeth MacKinnon
The Musquodoboit Valley Bicentennial Theatre (MVBT) in Middle Musquodoboit recently
opened its doors for a grand reopening concert after being closed since March of 2020.
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By Elizabeth MacKinnon
Adela N’jie has made many journeys in her life, both geographic, from The Gambia in West Africa to Dean, Nova Scotia, and metaphysical, from her traditional Catholic upbringing to coming to terms with her own spirituality.
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By Elizabeth MacKinnon
According to a spokesperson for the Department of Public Works, Dillman’s Bridge in Meaghers
Grant will finally be open again by the end of October after being out of service for almost two
years.
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By Richard Bell
The lack of piped water in the core of Musquodoboit Harbour has been the chief obstacle to fulfilling the village’s potential as a Rural District Growth Center under HRM’s Regional Plan. (The Community Development Plan includes water as a priority.)
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Editorial--
Wednesday night September 15, 2021, Matt Galloway, host of CBC’s The Current,* set up at the Old School Community Gathering Place in Musquodoboit Harbour to produce an extraordinary and sometimes heartbreaking show about the problems facing rural healthcare, in Nova Scotia and across Canada. For more than two hours, we heard testimony about both problems and solutions from patients, survivors, doctors, nurses, social workers, and community volunteers.
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