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Day 348-352 – A Difference-Maker Named Shannon Ripani
Alive Hospice is known for its culture of kindness. When we asked CEO Kimberly Goessele for nominations she had several. But when we asked her who she would pick she said, “Shannon Ripani. Hands down.” Continue reading
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Days 341-345 “…everything I have ever learned”
“,,,To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go,… Continue reading
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Days 334-338 – Further From the Womb, Closer To the Miracle
Too many older people describe each day as being “closer to the grave.” What if that idea was rejiggered to suggest that each day we are further from the womb? Continue reading
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Days 327-331 – Loss & Joy
Can art turn loss into Joy? I created a one minute “cinema poem” for Isabella & share it hoping it may introduce healing into your life. Continue reading
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Days 314-318 A Healing Moment
Contrary to most, I dread fall & even labeled it The Dying Season. A single healing moment changed that. This week’s Journal explains. Continue reading
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Days 307-311 – The 85/15 Rule
Do you love anyone enough to put up with whatever percent of their behavior you cannot stand? That is relationship’s ultimate question. The answer turns on a strange equation that mixes logic with something that has no logic: Love. Continue reading
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Days 300-304 – Creativity: Where Does It Come From?
I am forever encouraging people to do more than just split-second looking. Watch children create & you will rediscover the source of your own creativity. In these times, imagination can be our salvation. Continue reading
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Days 293-297 – One of Your Angels*
Let David Whyte’s light shine into your life & you will experience the soul-refreshing presence of one of your angels. Continue reading
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Days 286-290 – Mirrors & Windows
Behind every hospital window dwells a patient cut off from health & home. The mirror tells them what we must always remember: they are more than a diagnosis. If we look with love through the windows of our eyes into the… Continue reading