“One of the most important challenges we face in the modern age is to cause convergence among the disparate tendrils of our life’s activities. The Birkman enables a person to identify the key underlying themes in a person’s character and spirit. Sometimes those can escape detection, obscured by the pace of life, by career choices, or by sheer neglect. By bringing deep longings to light, by identifying key, obscured priorities, The Birkman Method® enables a person to bring that elusive unity to light.
Jonathan suggested I use my poetry to express myself. I have since done so, in several ways. I actually recited a limerick to the Minister of Finance at a meeting of fellow Government Ministers and MP’s; the limerick lightened up a discussion about how our Minister might engage his US counterpart on an issue important to all Canadians. I also undertook to write “50 for 50”, a volume of 50 poems to celebrate the 50th birthday of my wife, Donna, poems to which we continue to refer from time to time, just before retiring for the night.
In sum, I’m grateful to Jonathan and The Birkman Method® for bringing out some of the best in me.”
John Weston: Member of Parliament, West Vancouver – Sunshine Coast – Sea to Sky Country