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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
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Day 156 – 2nd Anniversary
The truth is that essays on loving care often have trouble finding an audience. Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Day 65 – The Courage to Love
It takes so much courage to live Love, And it is the only worthwhile thing we do. Continue reading
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Day 58 – Finding Our Way to Faith
Great caregivers understand that those among us who are healed are not necessarily those who are cured. Instead, they are the ones among us have found a transcendent faith. Continue reading
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