Meditations
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Day 62 – You on Wire
if you are a caregiver who appreciates art, finds solace and stimulation there, and perhaps creates some of your own, you will know and love the enormous gift of a small Frenchman who, for a period of 45 minutes in… Continue reading
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Days 60-61 – Happy Distractions – A Photo Quiz & a Poem
As Mother Time finger- snaps me toward her margins I find myself shouting louder & echoing quieter. Continue reading
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Days 58-60 – Emily’s Gifts to Caregivers
you may imagine Emily Dickinson, sitting in the next room, her hands in her white-dressed lap. How does she speak to you…and you to her? Continue reading
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Day 57 – Living Today
“So imprudent are we that we wander in the times which are not ours and do not think of the only one which belongs to us. And so idle are we that we dream of those times which are no… Continue reading
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Day 56 – In Private Places
In your private places and in your most personal moments, I hope for you to be the kind of instrument through which Love’s great spirit flows. Continue reading
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Day 55 – Why Questions Matter
Our questions, and how we respond to the questions of others, signal the level of our humanity at that moment. Continue reading
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Day 54 – A New “Caring Code” Ritual – Something to Build On
Why is this idea so important? Because this new, caring code ritual honors not only the humanity of the person who has died, but the humanity of the team that sought to save that life. Absent such loving rituals, the… Continue reading
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Days 51-53 – The Comet’s Pulsing Rose
How can we free the diamond within us to spin and sparkle and rise like a wave to meet the passing comet and ride it to the oblivion to which we are already doomed? Continue reading
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Day 50 – More than a Balancing Act
"We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them." – Alain De Botton There are days as a caregiver when my life feels like a scene from the variety shows… Continue reading
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