{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fa567eeed-187d-4b33-b7ce-a1f3f1a43559","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Your Life Is Not A Dress Rehearsal - with Tom Rossiter","description":"Tom Rossiter is a retired doctor currently living in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Canada. He is a poster child for living life Beyond Retirement!\n\nCurrently 84 yrs old, he continues to lead an active life, with volunteering at a local Seniors' complex, where he regularly plays his accordion, sings, and dances with the members. He's been learning Italian since 1998 and has been doing meditation since the 1980's.\n\nWe discuss a variety of topics, beginning with an overview of his life up to now. Some of the highlights include:\n\n07:10 - Alderwood Retirement Centre [Alderwood Retirement Centre] - volunteering helps you as much as it helps the recipients\n\n07:47 - drawing a picture in high school, to make a stained glass window [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1si09oci1l_HG7vjXjiiSaz6fgoyfCJVt/view?usp=sharing] (go to Beyond Retirement YouTube channel to see the beautiful window in the video, approximately at timestamp 9:12)\n\nTom has provided a description of the symbols [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dWBXqanOCpVmjOXvb5qKZt_vt0hkwR1S/view?usp=sharing] in the window. Looking at the stained glass window, Tom drew the monk in the centre with 14 pieces surrounding it.\n\n11:54 - his path to becoming a doctor\n\n18:30 - his accordion [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GsO2avhS-9O_OOyF1W_Ah-hw8VM5dWkS/view?usp=sharing](or go to YouTube, approximately at timestamp 17:52)\n\n19:40 - reason for learning Italian\n\n25:00 - Driving Mrs Butler\n\n27:00 - the Nun Study\n\n33:00 - \"A Night At The Opera\" reading [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Z5FPUpu9ki5MY_SWj_K-vJ-3PoN6BNL/view?usp=sharing] that emphasizes the need to live life NOW.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/1162f429-6669-488f-86ab-446aad4825e6/dde97e44-65d6-45bb-8b71-3abfbb453552.png"}