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Day 132 – Waiting For Justice – Respecting Every Culture
Across history, and inside our healthcare system, there exists a chronic human temptation that entices the powerful to oppress the vulnerable. All of us need to absorb into our hearts the energy of the second part of the three-part Serenity… Continue reading
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Day 131 – Waiting for God
Why is waiting so hard, especially for fast-food Americans? In Waiting for Godot, the characters wile away a piece of their lives waiting for someone who never comes. Continue reading
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Days 128-130 – How Humanity is “Won?”
…humanity is won by continuing to play in the face of certain defeat. – Ralph Ellison What does this mean to you? Do you think Ellison's statement is true? Continue reading
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Day 127 – On the Road, Again
Too much demands our attention and, as Nouwen has noted, “all these other things lead us so far from home that we eventually forget our true address, that is, the place where we can be addressed.” This is the condition… Continue reading
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Day 126 – Owing
Caregivers are called to give and give and then give even more. I send this gift to you, wishing you a heart that can hold joy next to any sorrows that come. Both I and countless others owe you so… Continue reading
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Days 124 & 125 – Other Worlds
“I’m not always sure what’s going on,” Ayers says through the voice of actor Jamie Foxx in the new movie, The Soloist, based on the true story of the lives of Ayers and Steven Lopez, the L.A. Times columnist who… Continue reading
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Days 121-123 – Happy May Day…How Poets See Hospitals
People are forever dying and blooming in hospitals. Continue reading
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Day 120 – Shared Pain
Real healing comes from realizing personal pain is simply a share of humanity’s pain and opens the possibility of compassionate living. Continue reading
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Day 119 – Thank You
You are, of course my friends. We sit in a circle to contemplate & to speak to each other. Continue reading
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Day 118 – Pastimes & Poetry
For a brief time during the game on Sunday evening, I forgot that the next day was Monday. I forgot that my everyday work involves helping charities that deal with the worst kind of human suffering. Continue reading
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