http://www.tashamaggie.com ...there is no such thing as failure, unless you quit. Wed, 26 May 2010 18:47:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am home from Fiji safe and sound, arrived on Sunday after 19 hours of flight time and 2.5 days of travel in transit. My children Hannah and Nicholas greeted me with hugs and kisses as I walked through the door as burst into tears of happiness and exhaustion. It ... http://www.tashamaggie.com/?p=597 I have been so blessed since departing on Wednesday evening with my friend Laura on our journey towards Fiji. We left around 9PM heading to the Syracuse airport arriving at 1:30am.. although we tried to get some sleep we were unsuccessful and jumped on our flight at 6:10am. 2 hours ... http://www.tashamaggie.com/?p=593 This evening around 9PM, Laura and I are driving to Syracuse to catch our plane to LA May 6th at 6am. We'll be in LA until May 8th where we catch our flight to Fiji arriving around 5am local time on May 10th. I learnt this morning that I will be ... http://www.tashamaggie.com/?p=591 Dear Friends, I leave for Fiji this May; just a few shorts weeks away, where I’ll be working with another 20 volunteers who have signed up with Volunteer Eco Students Abroad (VESA) to help establish a fresh water reserve, repair school buildings, teach English and give advice for proper hygiene along ... http://www.tashamaggie.com/?p=589 I have spoken in the past about the Level 4 cyclone (Tomas) that hit Fiji on March 18th, 2010. I have been so horrified that this disaster never made it to the news over in North America; Fiji never seems to make the news except the coup back in 2001 ... http://www.tashamaggie.com/?p=587 Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind. ~ Zen Proverb The wish is father to the thought ~ Tibetan Proverb   http://www.tashamaggie.com/?p=580 One thing that I have learnt in living life as a spiritual being and truly practicing the "Law of Attraction" I have become part of the "crazy" club.  Recently, at a poster sale I purchased an Albert Einstein poster that read “Great Spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre ... http://www.tashamaggie.com/?p=576 Things have been pretty busy in my personal life- my Dad was visiting from Alberta and school has been a bit crazy with a lot of assignments due. I also began my field placement at Crystal View Lodge in Ottawa, which is an independent retirement community. I absolutely love it ... http://www.tashamaggie.com/?p=573 Saturday evening I was invited to attend a Spring Party with Keys to the Universe and on top of the party they offered to hold a 50/50 raffle draw to help raise funds for Fiji. I was so touched by their offer and asked how they felt if I held ... http://www.tashamaggie.com/?p=565 This week on Thursday March 18th a devestation category 4 cyclone hit the island of Fiji, flatenning homes and leaving an estimated 17,000 people without shelter or access to water. Here is the crazy thing... did any of us hear about this in the evening news? Nope! It was on ... http://www.tashamaggie.com/?p=562