Meditations
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Day 78 – Everyday Ephinanies
“Today a new sun has risen. Everything lives. Everything can speak to your soul passionately if you will be still enough to listen.” Sarah Ban Breathnach Continue reading
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Day 77 – Bidding for Relationships
This bidding process doesn’t just happen between couples. We make bids and receive bids from co-workers too. Patients bid for caregivers’ attention with call lights, questions and facial expressions. Continue reading
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Day 75 – The Charter for Compassion
Compassionate living requires that senior executives and middle managers cede power and arrogance and yield to humility and loving service. Continue reading
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Days 72-74 – Crisis Learning
"A crisis is a terrible thing to waste." – NPR commentator Everyone is always telling us how much we can learn in hard times. Of course, none of wants to endure the pain of this period with so many… Continue reading
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Day 71 – Silence as Sabbath
Things are born in quiet that cannot be heard in the din of our overly verbal days. Sabbath time is enriched by some period of intentional silence. Continue reading
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Day 70 – Forgiveness & The Problem of Pain
Any kind of abuse is painful. What’s surprising, perhaps, is the relief that comes when we let go our inclination to seek revenge. Contrary to the belief of many. Letting go of righteous anger does not mean letting go of… Continue reading
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Day 69 – The Problem of Pain – Judgment
Whatever the question, Love is the answer. What do you think? Continue reading
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Day 68 – The Problem of Pain & Silent Light
Through his writing, C.S. Lewis found many ways to expand our consciousness of the elements of pain. Continue reading
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Day 64 – The Imperative of Rest
it seems in our quest for job security, profit margins, market share, recognition, productivity – or even from a stoic determination that believes it can meet every need – our psyches have become compelling engines that continue their incessant drone… Continue reading
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Day 63 – Poetry & Presence
To appreciate this poem, we are asked to let go of grammar, punctuation and spelling rules so that we can experience the rhythm and flow of Love’s beauty in all her glory. Continue reading
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