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Days 123-127 – Four Pictures of Your Hands
Do you ever feel that you have understood some things better before they were explained? Learning how my hands functioned & looked in x-rays distanced me for awhile from the mysteries of touch. Continue reading
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Days 116-120 – Where Are You From?
Minton Sparks helps us understand where we are truly “from.” For example, I am from my father’s Hollywood YMCA where I spent every Saturday swimming…and I am from the older sister who helped raise me, my first friend Jill &… Continue reading
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Days 109-113 – The “Barbarian” President
This election is important to every caregiver because Presidents set the nation’s tone. A negative approach can influence millions to decide cynicism is better than optimism. Every great President has led with hope & love, not fear & disdain. Continue reading
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Days 102-106 – The Male Need for Softness
Men honor softness in women. Yet, only a small number admit to appreciating the vulnerable in themselves…It is the television news from Syrian deserts & Chicago streets that wants Love’s soft embrace. It is Hostility’s face that seeks healing lace. Continue reading
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Days 74-78 What keeps you safe?
[Essay by Minton Sparks] “When I get buried in the jail behind the bars that the monkey paints I come out shooting with a truth or two and the heart’s resonance shouts back at me, “I’m scared too”. He’s scared… Continue reading
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Days 60-64 – After Pain
By now, you are a veteran of pain….One thing you know for sure. The worst thing to tell a sufferer is that, “Pain is a great teacher.” What we want is compassion not counsel…There is often no cure for our… Continue reading
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Days 53-57 – Yellow
Yellow literally has the power to change our energy & raise our mood. The incomparable John O’Donohue wrote, “The presence of color is at the very heart of human life.”…The moment a color enters our eyes it instantly changes our… Continue reading
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Days 39-43 “I was killed…”
One summer morning dawn’s eye watched thousands of men doing something curious. They were calmly writing their names on pieces of paper & sewing them into their coats to ensure that family could be notified in case of their death. Continue reading
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Days 32-36 – Called to Lead – The Power of the Prism
He became one of our greatest leaders. Yet, his father whipped him regularly until he was fifteen & told a friend, “I’ll make something of him even if I have to beat him to death.” At age twelve, the same… Continue reading
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Days 25-29 – The Accidental Teachings of Donald Trump
Psychotherapist Dr. Thomas Moore writes that, “We know instinctively that someone who talks about himself all the time must not have a very strong sense of self.” Humility honors the self as a child of God. Narcissists think they are… Continue reading
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