XXII: The Tragic Story of the Happiest 83 year old I've EVER Met… | Robin Jones

Robin “Waring” Jones is 83. He cared for his wife Kit through seven years of dementia, lost fifteen years of his life to addiction, and grew up biracial in a Canada that still hung “no blacks” signs. Today he owns eight suits, each dyed a different colour, and he gives strangers silver dollars with a hug. This is a conversation about choosing colour when the world keeps going gray, and what a lifetime of loss can teach you about giving.Why he wears bright suits full of colourCaring for Kit through dementiaFifteen years lost to addictionThe silver dollar that reached meGiving as the giver’s own medicineA letter from Santa as a sick childWhat Robin thinks death actually isSit with this one. If it moves you, send it to someone who needs some colour today.---Check out Robin’s Work Here:https://www.waringjones-author.com/Music by Isaac Haines: https://isaachaines.ca/ Dig Deeper Into All Things Kaizen:https://linktr.ee/zacarnold---Timestamps0:00 Why “a Weirdo Like That Can Be Approached”0:49 The Man Who Gives Away Silver Dollars7:29 Closing the Loop: The Coin That Changed Me11:10 Three Lives Before the Colours21:48 What Dementia Taught Robin About Love28:21 Colour Against the Abyss32:19 The One Step Out of the Gray38:33 Connection Is the Seed of Joy43:51 What Giving Really Means54:09 The Letter From Santa in the Hospital1:00:49 The Depression, and a “No Blacks” Sign1:03:19 An Hour of Silence: The Quaker Meeting1:08:23 What He Thinks Happens After Death1:10:26 Christmas, and the Closing Rosebud