 Five years ago, Vancouver psychotherapist Dõv Baron was mountain climbing when he lost his footing and plunged down 36 meters - the equivalent of 12 storey's.
The fall shattered most of his facial bone structure and disintegrated some of his upper jaw.
Unable to eat solid food, he lost 50 lbs. In three weeks and since then he's undergone several reconstructive surgeries and still has more to go.
Although his face was nearly destroyed, the fall has enriched his life. "It has completely changed my perspective. I now understand there is a connection with the spirit. There's a divine power that connects us," says the 37-year-old grandfather. The self-described comedic philosopher is giving workshops in Calgary today and Sunday.
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When someone bluntly asks you what more
you want out of life, what would be your first reaction? A quick glance around
the corner to see if the late Rod Sterling himself is soliloquizing a chronicle
of your miserable existence to a mysterious sound track ("Dee-dee-dee-dee!
Dee-dee-dee-dee!")? How about a suspicion that the fellow is really trying
to cajole you into buying (or even worse, selling) Amway products? Maybe it's
that kind of red-eye set, Anthony Robbins, wanting to show off his nifty
helicopter while telling you how he converted all time Super Bowl loser Fran
Tarkington into a bona-fide winner in the "Super Bowl of Life."
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You don't get what you Deserve in life,
you get what you believe you deserve...
by Olga Sheean
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It is said that pride comes before a fall; but what comes after it? What happens after you fall 120 feet down a mountain, crash into jagged rocks at 70 miles an hour, and then defy all the laws of physics by getting up and walking home?
Two things, according to Dõv Baron, who is speaking from painful experience. Firstly, everything you knew to be you - all values, beliefs, behavioral patterns - is destroyed and, secondly, in rebuilding your shattered self, you realize how only a close shave with death could have woken you up from the stupor which you called reality.
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