Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality
Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories
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Days 233-234 – Second International Caregivers Day – Recognizing the Highest Self in the Other
A caregiver cannot engage healing energy by quoting policies and rules to a patient in pain. Continue reading
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Days 230-232 – Signposts of Our Lives
The surprise is that to treat departed life with the same respect, awe and celebration as we do an arriving life is to honor all of life. To live Love is to shake off our fear of grief and to… Continue reading
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Days 228-229 Finding Grumps
“Think of those still about you before they fade and disappear. How dear is even our least friend when they are no longer there.” -Roger H. Katz Roger’s line fills me with tenderness. How precious life becomes when we… Continue reading
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Days 226-227 – The Struggle for Truth
Truth may have shades, but if we try to bend its light, it may well blind us. Continue reading
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Days 226-227 The Hidden Treasure in Broken Relationships
Fear traps us in shadows. Love can always light our path to another way of seeing. It is only Love that can help us rediscover and honor the hidden treasure that each of our valued relationships once held. Continue reading
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Days 224-225 What To Do with a Blank Page?
Benefits of journaling Continue reading
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Days 222-223 – In Touch
Our society imposes many boundaries around what is “appropriate” contact. Within these boundaries, the best caregivers know that one of the most powerful tools they have is not a needle or a blood pressure cuff. Their finest gifts often come… Continue reading
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Days 219-221 – Particular Losses
Our ideas and creations mean a lot. But, they pale in comparison to the meaning of the kind acts we do for others – whether remembered or not. Continue reading
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Days 217-218 There’s a Hole in My Soul
Parishioner, Steve Smith accepted an invitation to give the Sunday morning homily at our church. The story he told provided a powerful allegory. It seems that a few years ago Steve’s brother gave him an unbelievable gift. He received a… Continue reading
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Days 213-216 – “Seeing” Jesus
“We often discover Love’s unconditional presence when we feel most alone.” – Erie Chapman Continue reading
Journal of Sacred Work 