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Days 162-163 I’ve Got this Covered!
If I could talk to myself twenty years ago, I would tell myself to focus on my strengths, and not on my weaknesses; on the things I could do and not the things I couldn’t do; to strive to excel… Continue reading
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You Are Your Character – Days 157-161
How often have we gone along to get ahead & felt pieces of our souls breaking off & floating away? Continue reading
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Days 155-156 Sacred Rage
I’ve heard our nation's gun violence epidemic described as Groundhog Day. Yet, the escalating, massacres that are unfolding every day are not only a repeating but worsening beyond belief. How do we break the cycle of violence? David Brooks… Continue reading
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Days 150-154 – A Fascinating Comparison
“I never worried once about mass school shootings as a kid in the 70’s. That’s because there were none…Today my 7-year-old daughter is having an active shooter drill at her school.” Continue reading
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Days 148-149 A Loving Embrace
There are times when my heart constricts, when my words fall short…aware that when one suffers, we all suffer… may we come alongside to accompany one another and hold one another in God's loving embrace… Offered by Liz Sorensen… Continue reading
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“Be Stronger Than Your Strongest Excuse” – Days 143-147
“Why get out of bed to be average?” hospital leader Chris York asks. “Be stronger than your strongest excuses,” Alan Maiccon challenges. Continue reading
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Days: 141-142 I Refuse to Believe…
An Affirmation of Faith by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I refuse to believe that we are unable to influence the events which surround us. I refuse to believe that we are so bound to racism and war, that peace,… Continue reading
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Overflowing in Radiance Days 134-135
I am discovering the magic in storytelling. When someone shares their story, the essence of their own unique being overflows in a radiance that is beyond description. To share something of themselves, their story, this is where our humanity mingles… Continue reading
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It’s YOUR body not your doctor’s! Days 129-133
Power figures use ownership words to control others. Those who yield unthinkingly compromise their humanity. Continue reading
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The Ballerina Days 127-128
Note: The following story was written by a former colleague Brian Beichner RN who worked in home health. At the time, I was teaching an end-of-life class in which I asked caregivers to write about an experience in which they… Continue reading
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