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Days 125-129 – Courage
“Courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life,” Whyte writes. But it is always easier to hide. Courage is a choice. The only way to live fully is to choose it. Continue reading
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Days 117-122 – 11 Truths About Imagination
“I am certain of nothing but the Holiness of the heart’s affections and the truth of Imagination,” Keats wrote. Imagination breathes youth & vitality into our lives – if only we will let it. Continue reading
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Days 109-114 – Between Easters: Love & The Harrowing of Hell
Earth’s hells are the asylums of the sick & wounded. Caregivers descend there each day to rescue us from our suffering. Continue reading
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Days 102-106 – Symbols of Love
Joseph Campbell defined a symbol as “an energy evoking, and directing, agent.” Hospitals & hospices signal anxiety. The right symbols help Compassion defeat Fear opening the door to healing. Continue reading
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Days 86-91 – Hidden Genius
There is a genius living in my backyard. It is this Willow Leaf Oak. He features his own brain & a trunk stronger than Goliath. Pansies adore him. Continue reading
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Days 79-83 – How To Be Content
Offer loving care to patients for your own benefit, not just for the patient. Caregivers tell me that when they do that they feel…more content. Continue reading
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Days 72-76 – Is Apple The New Apple? Can Compassion Survive the Robot Age?
Compassion expresses love to those in pain. If we become pain-free robots why would we need it? Are we too quick to claim that computers can never be programed to be creative & compassionate. If not not, can we say… Continue reading
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Days 65-69 – Are Hospitals “Churches”?
Healing thrives when caregivers enter hospitals with the same reverence as they do churches. “There is no way that medical care can be limited to the body and be good medicine.” – Professor Stanley Hauerwas Continue reading
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Days 57-61 – Surreal Gifts From the Sea
Ordinary is a stealthy killer. He arrives quiet as a clock unheard until it stops.The photograph jars us. Do we need to be shaken like this to avoid death by a million blows from Boredom’s dull knife? Continue reading
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Days 44-48 – The Wisdom of Slow
Facebook fans speed read. Favoring two line posts we rush to check as many as possible. Can we experience anything sacred “fast?” Continue reading
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