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Life While You Wait
One of the cornerstones of the work of loving care is the notion of “presence”. We work toward attaining some sort of balance in our lives so that while we are in a moment, we are really “in the moment”.… Continue reading
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Self-Love
The beginning of renewed or deepening self-love may be sparked by spending some time in reflection. Continue reading
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Fatigue & The Journal
When you are tired, what brings you energy? Sometimes, when I’m most worn out, as I am this evening, I find a strange kind of energy comes from forcing myself to do something physical, like moving around, or something mental,… Continue reading
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How We Change
We cannot create our own epiphanies. We can only ready ourselves so that, if we are fortunate, we will recognize that God is present, if only we can see. Continue reading
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Mission Fraud!
Hospitals and charities that are wise enough to ground their services in radical loving care have nothing to fear from government programs or public opinion. American healthcare stands at a fork int he road – and they need to take… Continue reading
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One Ambition
It may not fuel fulfillment, but ambition drives people to achieve goals. Caregivers are called to continuous excellence because their work is sacred. – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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“Brave of the Dark”
Where does courage come from? We can talk all we want about faith and faith is, ultimately, our deepest refuge. Meanwhile, the kindness of caregivers is the vessel that can carry us through the roughest seas. You, as a caregiver,… Continue reading
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A Favorite Painter
I believe I would rather have Stieglitz like something – anything I had done – than anyone else I know. – Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) Across the arc of the 20th century, Georgia O’Keeffe created an extraordinary body of work… Continue reading
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The Net of Gems
In loving encounters, we escape, during that time, our own loneliness. Imagine if we could look at the world as a net with gems available at each intersection of one pathway over another? With all the trouble along so many… Continue reading
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Judging Others?
Based on the theory in The Secret, the law of attraction brings to us what we think about, either positive or negative. I can’t say if this was a case of cause and effect. I thought negatively about him, and… Continue reading
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