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COMMUNITY PAGE tO . WATERLOO CHMMCLE. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST N. tim iGedf Fellow; operates/tii, H7313}; Resoume Development Immune. PO Box 642, Cambridge, NIR 5W1, providing effectiveness trammg for business and industry.) Instead. they try to learn from circumstance and hearsay, rather than from the accumulated knowledge of the greatest made the world has produced over the centuries. They live as tntce, when they could soar as eagles! “There is a confession in the glances ofour eyes, in our smiles, in salutations. and the grasp of hands . . . His 3111 bedaubs him, mars all his good impreseioni Men know not why they do not trust him. but they do not trust him. His vice glazes his eyes. cuts lines of mean expresston on his cheek, pinches his um. sets the mark of the beast on the back of his head." So much of our communication is non-verbal and is conveyed to others subsconsciously We may mask what we say but our body language will give us away because what comes from the subsconscusus is the genuine article. Similarly we detect these signs intuitively. so we do not know why we may like or dislike some person. but that is why Ctrst impressions are always best and we would do well to heed them, Emerson also wrote "God screens us evermore from prema» tun: Ideas Our eyes are holden that we cannot see things that iturs? us m the face untll the hour arrives when the mind IS rzpened Then we behold them. and the time when we saw them nut :5 ilke a dream." No man can learn what he has no preparation for learning, however near to [tis eyes 13 the object. A chemist may tell his most precxous secrets to a carpenter. and he shall never be the Wlser, the secrets he would not utter to another chemist for an estate And here's another: “Our life might be much easler and simpler than we make ll; the world might be a happier place than lt 13; there Is no need for struggles, convulsions and despmrs. the wringing of hands and gushing of teeth; we miscreate our own evils; we interfere with nature. "The whole course of things goes to teach us faith. We need only obey. Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and madam which minutes all whom it floats, and you are, without effort, impelled to truth, to right, and a perfect contentment." Thrs la the reason real success cannot come quickly, but must be earned through gradual acquisition of wisdom. We must learn that until we become the sort of person who would naturally have that sort of success. It can never be ours. It could not be bought mth all the wealth tn the world, because, as Goethe points out, "before we can have something, we must First be somethmg." But, as we grow m stature. matunty and wlsdom. those things and states we have earned and deserve, naturally come to us. You know, somenmes when you see people with their worried, harried, even frightened expressions as they daily battle agamst the world; a world that could give them everything if they only knew the key - you wish they would read Emerson; However, there are some exceptions m facial expression I found out I worked for a man once, who had the most forbidding crruntenance, but when I got. to know him, he was really a pussycat He knew he was a pushover and so he cultivated a wur vxpressmn as a defence against being exploited! I was browsing through the works of Emerson again the other day, and I underscored a few pass ages that I'd like to share wuth you Here's one: Since 1974 Preparation for learning was Emerson's life * Whirlpool Clearouts, Seconds * Deals on Display Models * Some are Clearing at Coat * 45% TO 60% OFF * Spas & Whirlpools from $599. PERSPECTIVE 'WAREHOUSE lt CLEARANCE 8MB The project is operating for the rtrat time this summer. and approximately 13 adults and 28 children are involved. And though everybody works together to care for the garden, there is also an individual mot!vitti..on footer in the program. "The amount of food that is distributed to the participants is a direct reflection of the amount of work they put into the garden," Strickland says. "There's a point system with points being awarded for different chores and numbers of hours worked. And so the participants also feel a sense of ownership in the garden." "For example, participants receive Five points for each hour that they're planting, and for weeding, maintaining and harvesting, they receive three points," says program coordinator Pam Fanjoy. “It's like a token economy. They build up their points. and then when harvest comes, depending on the yield of the harvest and what the demand is, we decide as a group how many points we will charge for each type of vegetable." On a 20Gbya0iuquare.toot parcel of land, pro- vided generously yr, and located on the farm of, Participants travel out to the garden two or three times a week (depending on the amount of work needed to be done), using their own transportation, or transportation provided by the Food Bank. Rona Shana of St. Agatha, a wide variety of vegetables have been growing for the past few months. "Basically, what we do is go out as a group and we figure out what needs to be done that day, and then everyone chooses what they'd like to do, and that's worked out well so f.ar," ijoy says. "I guess you could say that this is a real community garden in the sense that some commun- ity gardens are parcels of land that have been cordoned off and shared and each family has a certain space," says Food Bank executive director Sean Strickland. "But we decided that the beat yield would be to use the entire area, weed it, water it and look after it on a community basis. People partici- pate in a community fashion and share the food in the community spirit." Die focal Community Garden project is modelled after one that has been operating in Toronto for thee years, but it diff?” in several ways, A Community Gardens project provides fresh vegetables to approximately 40 area people. But those people are responsible for the food the garden provides. From the time the seeds are planted to the time the crop is harvested, those who benertt from the project ale actively involved in it. In keeping with it's philosophy to be more pro- active in the Fight against hunger, the Food Bank of Waterloo Region has initiated another project which does more than just hand out food to those in 'A lot of the participants find that being able to plant their own food and take it home gives them a sense of pride' . Fanjoy Deborah Canaan Chronicle Staff Garden project hanmiits more than vegetables, it also builds pride 210 Reglna St. N., Waterloo Participants in the program were recruited though various community agencies, such as Big Sisters, the Salvation Army Family Support Group, and the Lutheran Refugee Committee. Most of the crops have been yielding vegetables throughout the summer, feedback from participants has been good, and the program has proven quite successful. Fanjoy says. It not only provides needy area residents with food, but it instills them with a sense of pride in having done a job well. "A lot of the participants find that being able to plant their own food and take it home gives them a sense of pride," Fanjoy says "A lot of them, at one point or another, have relied on emergency food hampers, and sometimes that can hurt their pride. It seems that they have regained that sense of pride through growing their own food." A one-time grant was provided by the prmrimse's Ministry of Community and Social Services to cover start-up costs and to cover the coordinator's salary. Next year, the program will likely be dependent on oommunitydonated funds to operate. If possible, Strickland says he would like to see the program expand with more gardens operating throughout the region. Home Hardware, Copp’s Don Centre and Glenbriar Home Hardware. Pam Finlay. oo-ordlnotot ot the local Food Bank's Communlty GINO" prom. displays tom. of the crops grown and cared for by momben of the community. Other members ""of the community that have supported the project by providing tools and seeds include: Conestoga Mall K-Mart, Ontario Seed "In Toronto, most community gardens are in the urban centre and are easily accessible," Strickland says. "Because ours is in a rural setting, it has presented some transportation challenges. But we've had volunteers respond to drive participants out who don't have their own transporation, and Airways Transit does a regular dropoit and pick-up for us every week, free of charge, Community response has been grtat/' * 6 Grades of Cedar Decking * Cedar Lumber & T&G _ * Cedar Gazebos $400. OFF * Odd Lots & Clearouts * The Area's Cedar Super-Store NtttotttlmtMtltttMo