caregivers
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Day 40 – Replacing Pity With Compassion
More than two hundred years ago, the Scottish poet Robert Burns challenged us to see ourselves as others see us. Continue reading
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Day 35 – The Meaning of Life x 6 Billion
When we are vehicles of Love, everything has meaning. When we are not, nothing does. Continue reading
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Day 34 – Crystal Balls vs. Mirrors
Crystal balls seem like fun. Mirrors seem like work. Continue reading
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Day 27 – A Rich Darkness
It is not always wise to try and force someone to quickly out of the dark chapter of their life journey. Darkness can teach so much. It may be there that we find our greatest strength. If we yank someone… Continue reading
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Days 12 & 13 – Places of Acceptance?
The choice for America’s charities is be places staffed by people who understand how to evaluate and treat, but do not judge and discriminate. The challenge for caregivers is to learn the difference between diagnosis and judgmental thinking. Continue reading
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Day 7 – Solitude & Being “onto something”
Solitude need not be frightening. Indeed, according to Merton, it is our chance to join with Love. After such solitude, perhaps we can return to the world as better prisms of Love’s light. Continue reading
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Day 365 – The Last Day – Creating Forts of Love
For adults, Love is the only pathway to miracles. Caregivers can ring their patients and co-workers with Love’s energy so that they feel, at least for a time, as happy and protected as a little four-year-old in a makeshift fort… Continue reading
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