If love is to survive, we must honor the life of animals like the Manatee. That is what I thought as the boats passed by and the animal swam away into the night, off to some corner of the water… Continue reading

Love is the energy that determines our best days. The more we cultivate it, the more we are likely to create best days for others. And the more we will discover, to our surprise, that any day filled with love… Continue reading

As much as I think I am grateful for my health, I seem to forget about it until I’m not feeling well. Recently I was under the weather for a few days. It wasn’t anything serious, but enough to keep… Continue reading

Perhaps the experience is not something to be cultivated, but simply to be admired and respected. Our role is not to transform ourselves, since that is something only God can do, but to be open to the truth, the light,… Continue reading

We need not look far to find those who need our passion. It is, of course, our patients. We must flame into being the light of our passion because our patients and our peers need us to be more than… Continue reading

As we revel in the sophistication of our training as caregivers and the advances of science, it may be worthwhile to step back in wonder at the mysterious power of our ability to love. As science continues to shrink the… Continue reading

And it you, one of America’s caregivers to whom we send our Valentine today. All of the shoe boxes in the world, filled with heart-shaped cards and candies, will never be enough to thank you for the gifts you give… Continue reading

Orbs “yellow with miracles” grew outside the bedroom window of my childhood. It’s been sixty years since I feel off that sill. Back then, for all I knew, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell lived in my lemon tree, spreading their magic… Continue reading

So what are your top life priorities? How much of your attention is focused on the material world and how much on the life of the spirit? Each of us must answer this question for ourselves. And one of the… Continue reading

Each day, caregivers have the opportunity to live as expressions of light or of darkness. Today is another opportunity for us to meditate on our ability to become better examples of God’s healing grace. Some may think that everybody needs… Continue reading