Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality
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Days 90-92 – The Third Energy – Potential
What gifts lie within us which could be used to serve others? Continue reading
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Days 88-89 – The Second Energy – Passion and Humility
Passion helps Love banish fear. Continue reading
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Days 83-85 -The First Energy – Purpose – Our “Why”
Without a why in our lives, our life becomes a daily grind instead of a source of joy. Continue reading
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Days 81-82 – The Seven Energies of Loving Leadership
Loving leadership is not reserved for people with manager titles. In healing hospitals and hospices, everyone, regardless of job description, is a caregiver. Maintenance staff, plumbers, electricians, housekeepers, secretaries, unit clerks, each and every caregiving partner is capable of leading… Continue reading
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Days 79-80 For Everything, Which Is, Yes
“…For Everything/ Which Is Natural / Which Is Infinite/ Which Is Yes…” ~e.e.cummings Resistance…translates into no, a “no” to life. I think of the many ways we can resist life; avoid, push away, protect, defend, attack, fear intimacy. Tension… Continue reading
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Days 75-78 – The Mother Test – Why Loving Care Matters
Our first encounter with Love likely occurred with our mothers. Continue reading
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Day 74 – The Fourth Relationship: Caregiver to Self (& God)
…without good self care, we cannot give good healthcare to others. Continue reading
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Days 72-73 The Art of Conversation
[The following post was written by regular weekend contributor Liz Wessel, R.N., M.S., Mission Director, Saint Joseph Home Health Network, Orange, California. The photo at left is by Roger Katz.] Conversations,“Like we say at home they are food and drink… Continue reading
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Day 71 – The Third Relationship – Caregiver to Leader – Male & Female Energy
In hospitals and hospices, leaders need to be caregivers, not military officers Continue reading
Journal of Sacred Work 