We all love a feel good story, youth have the opportunity to show appreciation and highlight their experiences of what they love in Calgary, for people in their lives – anything they want to show appreciation for.
We have many things to be thankful for – healthcare workers, family and friends, fulfilled basic needs, and beyond. However, I believe that there is a more intangible phenomenon that we should all show appreciation for in our hectic and busy everyday lives: free time. It may come often, it may be rare. Whether in…
It has been almost 2 years since the pandemic started. As of now, 247,114,753 Covid-19 cases have been reported across the world. 5,010,059 deaths have occurred due to Covid-19. And the pandemic is still far from over yet. Everyone has been affected by the pandemic, in one way or the other, and the impact will…
Showing your gratitude isn’t a life-consuming chore. It only takes minimal time and effort to say “please”, “thank you”, “I appreciate it”, and “have a nice day”. However, it’s these seemingly insignificant words that have sparked my gratitude time and time again. Working for Work’s Sake Imagine this: you’re doing a project you love: making…
The little things While closing the end of the school year, there is a lot of rush to get things done. Often I found that we skip the tiny details that help us get to where we are. There are also people in the background that we often forget about but I feel should be…
Introduction (because I’m a civilized human): Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing well! As the title suggests, if you’re a noob at poetry, you’ve come to the right place. For this blog post, I wanted to take a shot at poetry. I might also admit that I wrote this poem for school a while back, but…
As June is quickly approaching, another school year is coming to a close. This means that some of us will be saying our final goodbye to high school, while others will be preparing to enter a new school or grade. Therefore, today I wanted to mention some ways that you can show appreciation to the…
When I think of my key motivators, not all of them are abstract, ambitious dreams. Many of them are small but tangible details of life, such as feeling the summer breeze or walking in the rain. Appreciating the little things can go a long way. I’ve gathered them into a list, and I hope they…
Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light. – Madeleine L’Engle A shadow has been cast over our world. That doesn’t mean that the light isn’t still there – it’s just a bit harder to see right now. And appreciation is often needed for the light to keep shining. I’m…
Throughout the past year, many of us have faced hardships. But, throughout this time, our community has also grown closer together and we’ve found ways to support one another. To bring to light some ways that you can also show appreciation, check out this list of ways that you can support your friends, parents, teachers,…
The more you think about it, the more confusing art becomes. Under the branch of esthetics, philosophers have studied and argued about the beauty of art. Therefore, aesthetic appreciation is the acknowledgement of this beauty within art. Measuring Art Since each individual’s tastes vary based on their preferences, there isn’t an accepted universal metric of…
This year, YVC Calgary decided to celebrate YVC Day with a kaleidoscope of butterflies! But first off… What is YVC? The Youth Volunteer Corps (or YVC) program began in 1987 as a summer service program for Kansas City youth in the US. Over the years, it has evolved into an international network of over 30…
I have been living in Calgary for about two years now and I love it here. Whenever I talk to locally born and raised Calgarians, most of them are oblivious to the numerous factors that make Calgary such a great place to live, so I wanted to share a few reasons I appreciate Calgary. Location…
The pandemic has hit many people hard, and teachers are no exception. Despite these difficult circumstances, many teachers still show an incredible amount of passion for their students and subject. Here are just some of the ways teachers have brightened my own life and the lives of many other students: Their passion is infectious. One…
The Past People say that we don’t appreciate something until we realize it’s no longer with us. To come to expect something only to find it gone brings about a certain regret, discoverable only in retrospect, that we failed to properly value something more impermanent and fragile than we had originally believed. In recent months,…
Some superheroes do not wear capes. Frontline workers are those superheroes in our lives. To all the firefighters, policemen, grocery workers, retail workers, doctors, nurses, and other essential and frontline workers, I would like to express a heavy THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart! Even during the toughest times of our pandemic, the…