Journal of Sacred Work

Meditations

  • Fatigue & The Journal

    When you are tired, what brings you energy? Sometimes, when I’m most worn out, as I am this evening, I find a strange kind of energy comes from forcing myself to do something physical, like moving around, or something mental,… Continue reading

  • How We Change

    We cannot create our own epiphanies. We can only ready ourselves so that, if we are fortunate, we will recognize that God is present, if only we can see. Continue reading

  • One Ambition

    It may not fuel fulfillment, but ambition drives people to achieve goals. Caregivers are called to continuous excellence because their work is sacred. – Erie Chapman Continue reading

  • “Brave of the Dark”

    Where does courage come from? We can talk all we want about faith and faith is, ultimately, our deepest refuge. Meanwhile, the kindness of caregivers is the vessel that can carry us through the roughest seas. You, as a caregiver,… Continue reading

  • A Favorite Painter

    I believe I would rather have Stieglitz like something – anything I had done – than anyone else I know.   – Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986)    Across the arc of the 20th century, Georgia O’Keeffe created an extraordinary body of work… Continue reading

  • The Net of Gems

    In loving encounters, we escape, during that time, our own loneliness. Imagine if we could look at the world as a net with gems available at each intersection of one pathway over another? With all the trouble along so many… Continue reading

  • Judging Others?

    Based on the theory in The Secret, the law of attraction brings to us what we think about, either positive or negative. I can’t say if this was a case of cause and effect. I thought negatively about him, and… Continue reading

  • The Invisible

    The most important things in your life and mine have to do with who and what we love. The objects of our love can be seen. But the energy which moves between us and our loved ones can never be… Continue reading

  • The Wisdom of Doing Nothing

    Caregivers need time to rest. And they need more than a 10 minute break. Most European countries understand this and allow long lunch hours. But while we’re waiting for this revolution to come to America, perhaps we could recognize that… Continue reading

  • New Thinking About Love?

    In the future, caregivers will be called to engage the forces of Love as a regular part of treatment protocols. In the future, caregivers will discover that treatment without Love is a shallow exercise. In the future, Love will be… Continue reading