Welcome back for more thought provoking and positive influence. Yes that is my goal here…it was about updating everyone who was interested in what I was up to (family, friends, clients and students)…to wanting to make a positive impact on your day, and open up thought provoking discussion…the next time we are together in person (there is also the comment feature here that some have used to suggest they agree or disagree with what I have shared…this is after all a blog site…not just a journal).

So…what is Your Truth, you ask. Well, that is not for me to say…that makes it yours. We are entitled to our own thoughts, feelings and ways of living…that is what makes this a great country. I have eluded to that we are still on this journey of “full emancipation” and that we have not arrived yet to full and complete “choice”…especially as it relates to our health and Health Care, in Canada.

The message has been out there as to what is necessary to transform this Nation, to the healthiest on the planet…in fact there is a document that became know as the Ottawa Charter of Health Promotion…and just like the Charter of Rights and Freedoms….that if implemented in its entire intent…we could be a more liberated, more peaceful, more happy…and healthy society. The “Wealthiest/Healthiest” could/should also be attained overtime if we do indeed implement what is true “Primary Health Care” Reform.

Your Truth…would include empowerment to choice of a healthier living, healthier family, healthier community…all of whom are ecologically responsible…as we incorporate all levels of personal responsibility, responsibility to our communities…the most vulnerable of society…and then we demand nothing short of Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Accountability.

WE also (in the contest of Your Truth, My Truth) have the right of choice…choice as to who delivers health (by your definition) and where. You are a tax-payer and or citizen who deserves to have that those “Rights” to equal access to Health…the “right” to define it for yourself or your family…you should have the “Freedom” to choose where and by whom your health care is provided…and that it will be paid for public funds…and supported by public participation.

So “My Truth”, that may matter, for “Your Truth”. In this nation that operates under a Charter of Rights and Freedoms….and should be proud of and promotional of the Ottawa Charter of Health Promotion…we should indeed be interested in…and have a “right” to demand a transition to Primary Health Care as outlined by the Ottawa Charter, supported by the Romanow and Kirby Reports…and is now being illuminated by the Health Council of Canada. My Truth includes a Master’s Degree in Primary Health Care…and entitlement through College of Nurses of Ontario of being a Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner.

So…I do offer a fair bit of advice (my kids, family and friends, attest) and let me say I think I am “closing in on”, my element…and My Truth. Well the books and videos are still “in the works”…know that the “Primary Health Care Collaborative” has become my “Primary” project…one that is an integration of Your Truth meets My Truth….I think it will be the funding and development of the
“Nurse-led-clinics” that will help bring true Primary Health Care and what my education and orientation to health and wellness has been suggesting all along, to a publicly funded, publicly partnered reality… (The Truth will reveal itself)

So…BE Well, BE Wise…and BE informed, read the links

Dave