Meditations
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Spirtuality – What Matters Most
I decided to use the phrase “what matters most in life” to describe this idea. After all this thinking I came up with the definition that I would offer those teenagers: Spirituality is the way we pursue and respond to… Continue reading
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Educating the Heart
Each day provides rich opportunities for us to educate our hearts. Wherever you are in the process, I hope today will raise your consciousness of what your heart needs and how her education is certain to enrich your life journey. Continue reading
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Why Context is Critical
Caregiving, like any other form of work, can involve ordinary transactions, or it can be elevated to the level of the highest art. The role of leaders is to put caregivers in context. Leaders can raise energy by putting a… Continue reading
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Time As A Spiritual Practice
The most powerful theory of time may not, for us, be Einstein’s theory. Instead, it may be the time theory by which we live our lives. Life is not, contrary to what our daily planner may suggest, about packing as… Continue reading
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Into The Night
Now reading again the opening lines this meditation, I hear a different meaning. Dante is not afraid of being lost. He is celebrating the great quest of life, the great unknown that is yet to be discovered. I hope for… Continue reading
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Spiritual Work?
Today is another opportunity to practice the message of Love. Spiritual living calls to the best in us. It is a moment-by-moment opportunity engage our gifts on behalf of others in need – whether they be patients, or our fellow… Continue reading
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Celebration!
In a world where war is always occurring in one place or another, we may know that the voices of Love are always quiet. The voices of strife and hatred are always loud. How does Love’s voice win our attention… Continue reading
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Polishing the Heart
Monastic life for these nuns is austere and difficult. They live an extremely disciplined life that includes a constant state of sleep deprivation, a meager diet (especially by standards here in the United States), exposure to the extremes of weather… Continue reading
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Spring’s Breath
Solitary as caregiving can often feel, no caregiver acts in a vacuum. When we are doing our best work caring for others, we are living an energy beyond our own. It is Love’s energy, the energy that powers everything good… Continue reading
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Dinner Table Wisdom
Around the dinner table, or in the intimacy of the kitchen, we have the chance to share life experiences with those who we love, and who love us. In this way, we learn “the stuff that helps us live a… Continue reading
Journal of Sacred Work 