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How grateful are you?   Research has shown that the average person says thank you about six times a day, or nearly 2,200 times per year. As polite Canadians, we often say "thank you" as a basic reflex. In that way, it can sometimes become unconscious - you don't even think about why you're saying it!    Ancient thinkers understood
At Lionhearts, we often speak about service, impact, and community. We measure meals served, agencies helped, and people housed. But behind every number, every box packed, and every delivery made is something far less quantifiable and far more powerful: the human heart.   To modern ears, the heart is mostly symbolic. We associate it with
Isn’t it amazing how it all adds up?   I’m talking about snow, of course.   The Ottawa area, where I’m based, has seen nearly 33 centimetres of snow since the start of winter, and a Kingston-based colleague of mine said, “Farmer’s Almanac called for a cold, dry winter for Eastern Ontario this year. On a totally unrelated note, Farmer’s
As you read this, you’re beginning the sixth-last week of the calendar year.
 
Time flies, huh? In just five weeks, many of us will be celebrating year-end holidays with family and friends. In less than one and a half months, the year will be over.
Have you ever wondered how bears know when to hibernate? Do they just wake up one crisp fall morning and decide, "I'm going back to sleep - see you in March?"   It turns out their bodies pick up on environmental cues like decreasing day length, colder temperatures, and, most significantly, a shortage of food, which triggers physiological