caregivers
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Days 201-205 – Balance
Balance is the question. Her life is the answer. It is not that she has lived so long but how she has lived & who & what she has chosen to love. Continue reading
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Days 194-198 – Peace Fishing
In December I thought I would try to film myself searching for peace – Peace Fishing. This 30 second video shows how hard it can be to catch a peace fish. Continue reading
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Days 190-191 – Guest Meditation From A Spirit Fisherman
When my cousin, Dr. Terry Chapman, steps waist deep into a cold New England stream to live his love of trout fishing he becomes a living metaphor for the spiritual immersion every loving caregiver must engage every day. Continue reading
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Days 187-191 – “…because of the brave.”
America symbolizes freedom even to those who attack it out of fear & ignorance. Dictatorships & terrorists hate free countries because they want dominance not democracy. Because they want to force-feed the values of a few rather than to allow… Continue reading
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Days 180-184 – Calling All Good People
“The surest way for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing.” Who appeals to our highest & best self? Donald Trump’s success fuels every bullying boss in America. His message to leaders is that you win using… Continue reading
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Days 159-163 – Streams of Light – The 10th Anniversary of The Journal
On the tenth anniversary of The Journal of Sacred Work may you experience streams of light as these words & this image pass before you. Continue reading
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Days 151-156 – Openings To The Soul
Master storytellers are master chefs. They mix the finest ingredients in artful ways: Spice, but not so much it burns the tongue. Tastes that thrill Life’s palate. Love that burns away Fear’s toxins…How we describe our suffering determines not whether… Continue reading
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Day 144-148 – Lost
There are so many ways to become lost. I found one yesterday in a forest nearby, & ultimately far away, from home. Heaven & hell are the way-stations of the pioneer. There is a lot to be found when lost.… Continue reading
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Days 130-134 Who Walks Beside You?
While walking my mother down the hall to her independent living home she said to me, “When you are not walking beside me I will pretend you are walking beside me.” …Which of your departed ancestors, family & friends still… Continue reading
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