Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality
Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories
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Days 51-52 A Pilgrimage of the Heart
“Too late have I loved you, O Beauty so ancient and new, too late have I loved you! Behold, you were within me while I was outside; it was there that I sought you, and rushed headlong upon these… Continue reading
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Days 49-50 – The Lenten Choice
If someone can tell me a good reason for anger, I’d love to hear it. Continue reading
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Day 48 – Making Compassion a Verb in Our Lives
"Compassion is a verb." – Thich Nhat Hanh (left) Many well-meaning people enjoy telling nurses and other caregivers, "Oh, I could never do what you do. I am too sensitive." The surprise in a statement like this is that… Continue reading
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Days 46-47 – The Magic of Remembering
Sunday night, we took turns sharing memories of my father, handing our stories to each other around a circular dinner table. "I remember riding on his shoulders when I was three," my younger sister said about our late… Continue reading
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Days 44-45 – Life’s Inconveniences
"The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions in one’s "own" or "real" life. The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one’s life." ~C.S. Lewis “When… Continue reading
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Day 43 – Beauty and Rules
"For what is beauty, if it does not fire the loving answer of an eager soul?" – Robert Bridges An experienced nurse leader I know (a veteran of countless emergencies) suddenly found herself in the middle of one as a patient.… Continue reading
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Days 39-40 – Alone With God
Sometimes, it is pain that drives us into the arms of God. Continue reading
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Days 37-38 – Change and Transitions
Change is the one constant in life. Continue reading
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Days 35-36 – Help & Thanks…to God
It is only through God that we can truly heal. Continue reading
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Day 34 – Retiring vs. Quitting
"There's one thing I always wanted to do before I quit…and that is to retire." Groucho Marx in the movie "Animal Crackers" (1930) For decades, I thought that anyone who wanted to retire must not like their job. I was wrong.… Continue reading
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