Meditations
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Day 23 – Loving Purpose – A Must-See Movie for Caregivers!
When is the last time a movie changed the way you look at life? That’s what the promotional language for the best film of the year says. They’re right. If The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is showing at any… Continue reading
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Day 22 – Our Legacies
Recognizing that legacies are sometimes about our egos, how would you like to be remembered? There’s an old saying that we are not recalled for what we did but for how we made people feel? If this is true, how… Continue reading
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Day 21 – King at Rest – Passion’s Price
Martin Luther King, Jr. must have experienced many days when he resented his calling. He was living in this world, as Nouwen says, but, like all saintly people, he periodically transcended it. Continue reading
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Days 19 & 20 – Weekend reflection
For what are weekends for but rest and reflectionagainst the hard realities of a regular weekof life? What are your thoughts on this eve of the Martin Luther King holiday? Continue reading
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Day 18 – A Prayer for Caregivers
One of our most faithful and loving caregivers and Journal writers is Liz Wessel, R.N., M.S., who works with the St. Joseph’s Health System based in Orange, California, has composed the following prayer/poem for caregivers. Continue reading
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Day 17 – The Passion of a King
It took a sense of purpose, the full fire of passion, a complete realization of potential, a persistent commitment to hope, and the full presence of King’s being, for Martin Luther King, Jr. to lead the Civil Rights movement of… Continue reading
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Day 16 – Specific Purpose
The goals of Love are often ill-defined and elusive. When we live Love, how do we know if we have actually achieved anything specific? The Good Samaritan leans to help the wounded man. He knows he has done what he… Continue reading
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Day 15 – Purpose & Suffering
Perhaps our suffering shapes us in the way that a chisel sculpts marble. The pain of each blow makes its mark. And it is the repeated blows that bring real change. We may emerge stronger. Or we may emerge beaten… Continue reading
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Day 14 – Answer Quick, God!
We cannot hear the energy of God/Love in the middle of hurrying. As some sage has said, speed is not like the devil, it is the devil. Love appears only when we are fully present. Continue reading
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Days 12 & 13 – Open Forum – Flying Kites
The weekend provides an opportunity to reflect on the close of the first two weeks of this year of Living Love. Now is the time when early resolutions can begin to fade. In the course of evaluating balance,… Continue reading
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