Boris G Freesman, Q.C.

My blogs

Gender	Male
Industry	Law
Occupation	Lawyer
Location	Toronto, Canada
Introduction	Several years ago, I was a prosperous trial lawyer. When I turned 40, I decided to "take an inventory" of my life and came to some startling conclusions:I looked into the mirror of my own integrity and saw that I was losing too many cases I should have won. That unnerved me. Then, I looked further and saw that I was winning too many cases I should have lost. That bewildered me. In thinking about my existential quandary, I again looked into that mirror and confronted the inescapable reality of mortality: my life is a terminal condition. Now, I was in panic. Hung on the horns of what to me was an impossible dilemma, I suspended my professional practice and took a sabbatical. I took time out to try to understand my predicament and find explanations. My sabbatical lasted four years. It totally changed me as a person. It radically changed my perspectives on life. I acquired different lenses through which to observe and understand. These blogs are an account of my observations through those lenses and what I have learned over the past 35 years... an accounting of some answers to the question that perpetually captivates my mind, “What’s it all about, Alfie?”