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Days 115-116 The Soul of a Mountain
Note: Excerpt from the writing of David Whyte " The World Also Has a Soul." "The first step to preserving the soul in our individual lives is to admit that the world has a soul also, and is… Continue reading
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Days 109-114 – Between Easters: Love & The Harrowing of Hell
Earth’s hells are the asylums of the sick & wounded. Caregivers descend there each day to rescue us from our suffering. Continue reading
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Days 107-108 Easter Blessing
By the late John O' Donohue “On this Easter, let us look again at the lives we have been so generously given and let us let fall away the useless baggage that we carry – old pains, old habits,… Continue reading
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Days 102-106 – Symbols of Love
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
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Days 100-101: Kindness
"No act of kindness no matter how small…is ever wasted." -Aesop An empathetic gesture, a word of caring or a random act of kindness can awaken one's heart. These experiences evoke a metamorphosis of sorts. Yet it is a very private experience,… Continue reading
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Days 94-99 – “Just a bunch of rocks”
Words matter. Seeing a beach as “just sand” blocks Beauty’s embrace. Caregivers who label patients cannot heal. Compassionate language helps caregivers become healers. Continue reading
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Days 92-93 Hope
What gives you hope? Is it the dawning of a new day or the twilight of stars first twinklings? A stranger's smile as you glimpse each other's soul in passing or quiet moments of solitude? What… Continue reading
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Days 86-91 – Hidden Genius
There is a genius living in my backyard. It is this Willow Leaf Oak. He features his own brain & a trunk stronger than Goliath. Pansies adore him. Continue reading
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Days 84-85 Sometimes
Note: David Whyte's poetry, shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel l Sometimes if you move carefully through the forest breathing like the ones in the old stories who could cross a shimmering bed of dry leaves without a sound, you come to… Continue reading
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Days 79-83 – How To Be Content
Offer loving care to patients for your own benefit, not just for the patient. Caregivers tell me that when they do that they feel…more content. Continue reading
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