Meditations
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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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Day 113 – In the Fullness of Time
In the spirit of this week’s meditations, words written by a lovely poet may awaken in you a heart of gratitude and peace, a place of rest in your day of care. Continue reading
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Day 112 – Caregiver Rest
Part of the purpose of the Journal is to offer respite for harried caregivers. We hope you can come to this Journal as part of you daily reflection and meditation. Continue reading
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Day 111 – April Outside the Hospital
The ground opens in April unbuttoning herself to welcome the moon Continue reading
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Day 110 – How We Learn Love
How do you think you first experienced Love’s gift? How did you learn of Love as you grew from baby to young child to adult? How do you pass on this gift to the patients who fall within your touch… Continue reading
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Day 106 – Day Dreams
Daydreaming helps us sort out relational conversations or solve a problem at hand, researchers seem to agree we make associations that lead to creative ideas when we drift from a linear, well rehearsed solution and let our thoughts wander. Continue reading
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