Meditations
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A Thanksgiving Card
From 1967… Continue reading
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Thanksreceiving
Affirmation is a silent, two way pact between the affirming person and the affirmed. If the compliment is not received, the pact is incomplete. Continue reading
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A Lesson for Caregivers from Beowulf
Beowulf, considered the oldest written story in the English language (albeit Old English) has now been made into a movie complete with 3-D effects. There’s something amusing about this – that our oldest story would be retold fifteen centuries later… Continue reading
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A Different Kind of Presence
With all of my writing about the importance of being present, I confess that my mind, like Professor James’, is often present somewhere else. I have been a chronic day dreamer since the first grade. That was when I discovered… Continue reading
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Today
[Ed. Note:Today’s meditation was written by Cathy Self, Sr.V.P at the Baptist Healing Trust] The duality of life sometimes catches me by surprise. I recently sat by an old, glass-paned window watching the air fill with dancing leaves of… Continue reading
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Expectation
In any case, our daughter is about to begin what will likely be the most important caregiving role of her life. So much of caregiving is modeled on the example of mother’s love Continue reading
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What Interests Us: The Static & Kinetic
What encounters in life truly arrest our attention? What do we experience so intensely that we are drawn into relationship with the person or thing in that moment? Continue reading
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Immaculate Immaculee
Genocide is the fruit of hatred. -Immaculee Illabagiza Each member of the coat-and-tied, finely dressed crowd was wondering the same thing about the speaker: could they have endured what she did? All of us wanted to think that… Continue reading
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Recognizing Value
On Monday evenings, my wife and I often watch a program on PBS called Antiques Roadshow. Folks bring in stuff from the attic, things they’ve found along the road, items purchased at garage sales or passed down from relatives… Continue reading
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