Children need models more than they need critics. – Joseph Joubert, Pensées    Our instinct to try and correct the behavior of others through criticism begins at an early age. We hear it from our parents, then nursery school teachers,… Continue reading

Whatever the question, Love is the answer. – Written on a blackboard at Alive Hospice in Nashville.    When I asked Karen York of Alive Hospice about the above quote, she said, "I thought I got that from you." No… Continue reading

When I see your true essence, I see the face of God, the light of Love, which is, was, and always will be present in you and in me. Love is abundant, and when Love is shared it expands out… Continue reading

Yet, we know that peace is not something that comes to us from weather or even from the absence of war. Peace comes from within. Continue reading

Now I pierce the darkness, new beings appear,The earth recedes from me into the night,I saw that it was beautiful, and I see that what is not the   earth is beautiful.-Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass – begun in 1855, completed… Continue reading

How can we develop cultures of caring that transcend “likability” so that every patient in need receives loving care? Continue reading