{"id":8361,"date":"2009-12-02T22:44:22","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T22:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellspring.ca\/alberta\/blog\/2009\/12\/02\/co-founder-rita-egizii-2\/"},"modified":"2009-12-02T22:44:22","modified_gmt":"2009-12-02T22:44:22","slug":"co-founder-rita-egizii-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellspring.ca\/alberta\/blog\/2009\/12\/02\/co-founder-rita-egizii-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-Founder: Rita Egizii"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDecember 2, 2020<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tHistory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wellspring.ca\/ab-test\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2023\/06\/Rita-Wellspring-Garden-Pary-2010-193-ozalxq3jvg94rci0t564zmqtljqvi61hpfkiateiqw.jpg\" title=\"Rita-Wellspring Garden Pary 2010-193\" alt=\"inline_707_https:\/\/wellspringalberta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Rita-Wellspring-Garden-Pary-2010-193-ozalxq3jvg94rci0t564zmqtljqvi61hpfkiateiqw.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by Mother Teresa&rsquo;s tireless commitment to helping those in need, Rita&rsquo;s personal directive has always been about disruption &ndash; setting in action whatever needs to be done to make the changes that are absolutely necessary to retain human dignity.&nbsp; Rita finds the human spirit an enigma.&nbsp; Her continued personal development focuses on the pursuit of what it means to be human.&nbsp; She strongly believes that no one can operate alone.&nbsp; The fragile ecosystem humans live in is one which relies on the collaboration of community.<\/p>\n<p>Rita&rsquo;s personal journey with cancer started in her mid 30&rsquo;s and included a grim prognosis, years of aggressive therapies, several surgeries and on-going post-recovery care.&nbsp; Through it all, she turned to the knowledge of Western medicine and the healing influence of Indigenous and Eastern philosophies and traditions.&nbsp; Supported by family, friends, strangers, professional health care givers and healers from around the world, she emerged strong in her conviction to support others traveling the same path.<\/p>\n<p>A passionate, often overly-exuberant changemaker, Rita often finds herself moving between king-size goals and the beauty and harmony of each daily task that serves to fulfill her purpose and intention.&nbsp; That intention includes an on-going profound focus of thought and behavior &ndash; embracing, on a daily basis, that if her intention is about bringing others together to help one another, then every action she takes should personify that intention.&nbsp; Rita is a connector, a catalyst, a high-level strategic thinker who excels at bringing people together and inspiring them to cast their own stones &ndash; and to do so with joy, love, laughter, and&hellip;pizzazz (always)!<\/p>\n<p>Be innovative.&nbsp; Be bold.&nbsp; Find your unique space in the mayhem and let your voice be heard.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"location":[],"class_list":["post-8361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-inside-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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