caregivers

  • Day 175 – Summer Solstice

    The real question, of course, is not the length of our days, but how we live them. If we never find our sacred eyes, it doesn’t matter how long the day is because our heart will never notice. Continue reading

  • Day 169 & 170 – Prayers for you…

    Love represents what is good in the world. Our prayers may bring us closer to this field of energy. As we, and those we pray for, draw closer to Love, healing may occur. Continue reading

  • Day 161 – Summer Sunday on a Monday

    You will know about my Sunday morning if you listen with the white ears of the oak-leaf hydrangea Continue reading

  • Day 156 – 2nd Anniversary

    The truth is that essays on loving care often have trouble finding an audience. Continue reading

  • Day 147 – Remembering Maria

    Maria is the kind of caregiver we all want to remember on this Memorial Day. Her life can serve to represent, for all of us, the lives of every caregiver ever killed seeking to heal others in the midst of… Continue reading

  • Day 140 – Presence to Still Life

    Every museum holds paintings that frame the beauty that lives in ordinary homes. We call this paintings still lifes. These images help us pay attention to the everyday scenes that populate our own lives. Continue reading

  • Day 112 – The Seduction of the Average

    If you live Love, you are rare and very special. Whether the world notices you or not, if you are living Love, your are living the best life has to offer. You are living a life free of fear. Continue reading

  • Day 92 – Projecting Light or Shadow

    I agree with Parker Palmer when he says that “the great insight of our spiritual traditions is that we co-create the world.” And we do this, in part, he says, “by projecting our spirit on it – for better or… Continue reading

  • Day 77 – How Art Awakens us to be Human

    This is why all caregivers need to stay in touch with art. And it’s why it’s worth taking a glance at a five minute video of a community of actors who decide to challenge the routine of everyday by creating… Continue reading

  • Day 70 – The Box

    There’s a concept psychologists and organizational analysts have understood for a long time that can help all of us. It’s the idea that when we become angry or exceptionally emotional, our cognitive abilities are altered. In other words, our usual… Continue reading