Reflections: Wisdom for the Young and Anyone Else Curious - Softcover

Shaw, Trevor R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1038346215 ISBN 13: 9781038346216

Publisher: FriesenPress, 2025

Synopsis

Suddenly, here I am with most of my life in the rear-view mirror and not much road left ahead.
I am wondering-ok, "What's it all about, Alfie?" This is an attempt to answer that question and to leave something behind that might be of some use.

At the age of seventy-eight, Trevor Shaw, a husband, father, and grandfather; an accountant; an auditor; a manager; a teacher; an artist; a photographer; and a student in the martial arts of Wing Chun and Tai Chi, reflects on life. From the personal to the political, from the micro to the macro, he discusses what he's learned throughout his life and what he thinks of where we're headed next. After a long life well lived, he offers wit and wisdom for some grounding in the escalating chaos of today's world, along with what is needed for an individual to cope and for making the world a better place.

Delivered in a highly readable, warm, sharply-communicated style with a voice that's pleasant to encounter and a point of view that's always thought provoking, Reflections is often not only helpful on a personal level but includes some highly cogent, well-informed, and incisive reflections on life in general, along with a frank analysis about where we're headed next.

About this title

About the Author

Trevor Shaw has worked with the Office of the Auditor General of Canada and with the Auditor General of Alberta, auditing the provincial health care system. In addition to his professional work, he is a painter and photographer and has contributed to the Edmonton Journal's, Country Aside newspaper. His collection of 2,000 photographs was accepted by the Provincial Archives. Trevor hopes that Reflections will do what many grandfathers may desire: help the young understand the miracle of their existence and what it will take to make the world a better place. Trevor and his wife Arline have two children and five grandchildren. They live in Ottawa.

Edition details

• Publisher: FriesenPress
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1038346215
• ISBN 13: 9781038346216
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 138