Meditations
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Fellowship of the broken
he geometry of Love is circular. That is the reason why Love never ends. When we sit in a circle and share, Love is awakened. She travels with us as we listen, share, and find ourselves refreshed. Continue reading
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Sports Insanity
It’s fun to watch games. And I hope you will cheer for the Red Sox (currently down 2-1 against Cleveland.) But the real victors every night and day are America’s caregivers – the ones who dress the world with Love. Continue reading
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California Daze
Caregivers need to be able to live some “California days” in order to sustain us through winter nights. The way for us to do this is to cultivate Love. Love rejoices in the kind of weather that shinned across Tennessee… Continue reading
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Open Forum for Caregivers
My younger sister, Martha, is a caregiver in many ways. First, she works at a large hospital and cares for hundreds of people each day who come to her desk seeking information, help, and support. Second, she looks after… Continue reading
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Days of Affliction
For caregivers, there will never be enough help or enough Love to dissolve this suffering. And we must never give up trying to be agents of loving care, even though we will, as I did with the old man in… Continue reading
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Trusting Mystery
The caregivers who seem most joyful to me are those who respond to mystery not with hyper-analysis, but with gratitude. They admire the Glasswing, they celebrate great art, and they deepen their appreciation of the world by cultivating radical presence.… Continue reading
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Open Forum – How Have You Changed?
Journals and meditations are often designed either to illuminate positive change or to bring it about. We read and meditate to find the kind of peace and wisdom that will help us travel the best pathway in life. What… Continue reading
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The Authenticity of Ashes
Two weeks ago I posted thoughts shared from a young mother’s heart whose child had just been born and was not expected to live. Copeland’s birth was a miracle, that she lived for eight days is beyond our grasp, that… Continue reading
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Safe From Evil?
Does knowledge of our spirituality really protect us from evil? Perhaps, a knowledge of our spirituality disarms one of evil’s greatest weapons – its ability to enchant us and to frighten us. Continue reading
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Strange But True
But what are we to do if we live in a culture that prefers the average. I can only answer in the words of the employee who wrote me: “I’m still going to keep doing a great job no matter… Continue reading
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