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Moving from the Inside Out

Kristine Dewar, M.A., R.P., C.C.C.
Jan 19
1 min read

This quote from Victoria Erickson reminds us that reaching our full potential comes from within:

“If you inherently long for something, become it first. If you want gardens, become the gardener.

If you want love, embody love. If you want mental stimulation, change the conversation.

If you want peace, exude calmness. If you want to fill your world with artists, begin to paint.

If you want to be valued, respect your own time. If you want to live ecstatically, find the ecstasy within yourself.

This is how to draw it in, day by day, inch by inch.”

― Victoria Erickson

We can't always choose our beginnings. We don't always have control over what challenges come into our lives. But we do have choices in our journey; we can determine the path. Our goal to live joyfully is within us before we ever find it out there. Let us move from the inside out. Photo by Elaine Casap on Unsplash

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Land Acknowledgement

The West Champlain Family Health Team acknowledges it is located upon the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin People and respects the traditional knowledge and healing developed over generations. We have the privilege and responsibility to serve First Nations, Inuit, and Métis of many backgrounds and from many treaty and non-treaty lands and territories, and to demonstrate respect for the contributions and cultures of Indigenous Peoples.

 

Iye West Champlain Family Health Team ogíkikenindánáwá taniziwadj ondaje Algonquin Anishinábe tanakíwin ega ka mígiwewadj iyo kichi Anishinábewakí ashidj odapítenindánáwá kikádjichigewin ashidj mino nódjimowin ka pamíkán pinawígo. Nínawind d’ayánánán shawenimigoziwin ashidj inenindágoziwin kidji wídókáwadag Anishinábeg, Abitawizíg ashidj Kíwedinóg máneg wendjibáwadj ashidj níbina nakondiwin ashidj ega akíng ashidj tanakíwinan ashidj kidji wábandayá apítenindagoziwin ondji ka mígiwewadj ashidj pimádjiwowinan ogo Anishinábeg Pemádizidjig.

 

The West Champlain Family Health Team is grateful to the Indigenous Health Circle (which works in collaboration with The Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn and the Ottawa Valley Ontario Health Team) for sharing a meaningful land acknowledgement both in English and Omámíwininímowin (the Algonquin Anishinábe language), which is the basis of our own.

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