...because each picture paints a 1000 words, here's a look at one lifetale unfolding.
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In the beginning: baby Garth, born in
Vancouver, Canada on Sept. 2nd, 1964 |
A happy mother and... |
A proud father |
Early steps on a life-long quest for knowledge. |
Once upon a childhood with little sister, the future
Dr. Araba Sam
eliteobgyn.com |
A freshman running back for the Strathcona Lords, Edmonton, AB |
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| The road less traveled calls a curious teen |
Enjoying the heights of the Himalayas: on Poon Hill, Annapurna range, Nepal 1983 |
Paradise found on the beaches of Boracay Island, the Phillipines |
Graduation with Honours, University of Toronto 1988 |
As the best man to a best friend |
Fast-frozen
aerial attack |
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| Instructor and students: Dragonstar Martial Arts and Fitness |
An "Official" headshot |
Sharing sunset on Christmas Eve with the head monk of a rural Thai temple |
A meditative moment during time well spent
at a Buddhist monastery |
Feeling wonder-full one perfect day on Koh Phangan Island, South Thailand |
Diplomacy down under with
the Canadian
High Consul to
New Zealand,
Mr. Pierre-Andre Cusson |
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Making local
friends in Fiji |
Appreciating the beauty of a
volcanic lake
in Japan |
Honored by Goodwill Ambassadors from Bahrain, Qatar,
and UAE |
Touring Robben Island in South Africa, where Nelson Mandela was immprisoned from 1964-1982 |
International lecturer & motivational speaker hired
by the Japanese Government |
3 sisters and
their brother |
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A man in the sand:
on desert safari outside Dubai |
Meeting former
US Vice President,
Al Gore
climatecrisis.net |
With friends
from an anti-gang unit in Brazil |
In Miami with Oscar winning actor, singer, comedian
Jamie Foxx |
Temporarily stuck in rural Guyana, South America |
In Puerto Rico, with best-selling author and speaker,
Dr. Deepak Chopra
anhglobal.org |
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With father,
Dr. Francis Sam |
With mother,
Mrs. Catherine Lewis |
With media personality Ralph Benmergui and Director/Producer Allan Novak on set of "5 Seekers"
individual
productions.com |
At fundraiser with actor and HIV/AIDS activist, Danny Glover
mandela-children.ca |
With Tibetan Buddhist Nun, the Venerable Bhiksuni (Anila) Ann McNeil |
With Dr. Thomas Atum O'Kane, Sufi spiritualist and teacher
atumokane.com |
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| With the Sam sisters, Tanya, Araba, and Tamara. |
Uncle G. with one-and-only nephew, Shane Alexander McFarlane (S.A.M.) |
With actor, producer, and
Reel World Film Festival founder, Tonya Lee Williams
reelworld.ca |
Before sharing a sweat lodge with Native Elder, Priest and Medicine Man, Mario Blackwolf in Sedona, Arizona |
With healer and spiritual guide
Ranjita
yourhearts
home.com |
With cast and host of "5 Seekers", a reality tv series currently airing
in Canada that explores the search for spirituality
5seekers.com |
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| With Melinda Lee, creator of SPOGA® yoga system, for adults and children spoga.org |
With NBA Toronto Raptors center Jorge Garbajosa |
w. Honourable
John Tory, a good man in spite of being a political Conservative. |
With Juno
Award-winning singer,performer & loving humanitarian Liberty Silver libertysilver.net |
w. community leaders @ Queens Park, Feb. 2007 |
Time well spent
with Her Excellency Dr. Margaret Amoakohene, the High Commissioner of Ghana. |
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| At 25th Harry Jerome Awards with former Olympic and World Champion sprinter Donovan Bailey, April 2007. |
With 9th Degree taekwondo Grandmaster Gwak Ki Ok & wife at "Battle of Warriors", May 07. |
With old friend David Dolina & his father Kurt, a survivor of Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp: R.I.P.
Mr. D. |
With Reuben "The Hurricane" Carter, boxing great & activist whose story was told in the movie "The Hurricane" starring Denzel Washington. |
In the "speakers spotlight" at
the Pantheon
in Rome, Italy. |
On the city wall overlooking old Dubrovnik, Croatia. |
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My sister Tanya happily marries Derrick Mays,
Sept. 07. |
At home in Bangkok with prominent
master-mystic Acharn Suchart Rattanasuk. |
Receiving special tattoo blessing from Thai mystic
Pi Jot. |
Receiving a special pre-ordination blessing from 93 yr old elder monk. |
Ordination day, Wat Na Pramane, Ayutthaya, Thailand,
Feb. 26, 2008. |
My monk mugshot. |
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Sharing a mango
with hungry
kids in Laos. |
With former
editor-in-chief of
Essence Magazine,
Susan L. Taylor
caresmentoring.com
July 2008. |
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