Journal of Sacred Work

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  • Days 48-49 Joie de Vivre (Joy of Living)

    My first impression of her was dislike, why? Who can recall after 50+ years but I never would have guessed that Sue and I would become best friends in 4th grade, inseparable; joined at the hip. We spent a great deal… Continue reading

  • Days 43-47 – You Are Enough

    When you accuse yourself of unworthiness you are robbing your own spirit. Time to pay yourself back, to recognize that you are enough. You are, as Rumi writes, “the crescent moon put up/ over the gate to the festival.” Continue reading

  • Days 41-42 Divine Love

        All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well…   for there is a Force of love moving through the universe that holds us fast and will never let us… Continue reading

  • Days 36-40 – The Harmonic Cosmos

    When Einstein was stuck developing his theory of relativity he often picked up his violin “to reconnect with the harmonies of the universe.” Radical Loving Care is a theory of caregiving. Healing is grounded in God’s love. Thus healing flows from… Continue reading

  • Days 34-35 When You Awaken

    Note: offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel I am a thousand winds that blow.I am diamonds that glint on snow. I am sunlight on ripened grain.I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning hushI am the swift… Continue reading

  • Days 29-33 – Symbols of Love

    Symbology impacts caregiving. Joseph Campbell defined a symbol as “an energy evoking and directing agent.” Hospitals & hospices signal anxiety. The right symbols help Compassion defeat Fear opening the door to healing. Continue reading

  • Days 27-28 Nature’s Light

    Note: This reflection is by guest contributor, Terry Chapman As I stepped carefully down a steep bank, beside a huge old Oak tree, into the cold waters of the Swift River in western MA, one fine summer day years ago,… Continue reading

  • Days 22-26 – To Savor – The Only Path to Gratitude

    A hyperactive child I remain a hyperactive adult. Hyperactivity interferes with gratitude. There is one path to gratitude: Learning to savor. We can only “now-live” if we slow down by savoring. Continue reading

  • Days 20-21 Hope

    Oh, not to be separated, shut off from the starry dimensions by so thin a wall. What is within us if not intensified sky traversed with birds and deep with winds of homecoming? ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Uncollected Poems A great… Continue reading

  • Days 15-19 “One foot in front of the other”

    She has put “one foot in front of the other” more times than anyone I know. The elegance & grace with which she has done that has kept many shadows at bay – for others whose lives she has illuminated… Continue reading