Caregiving
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Days 90-92 – The Third Energy – Potential
What gifts lie within us which could be used to serve others? Continue reading
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Days 49-50 – The Lenten Choice
If someone can tell me a good reason for anger, I’d love to hear it. Continue reading
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Day 279 – Respite and a Breathing Place
Today's meditation was written by Cathy Self, Senior Vice President for the Baptist Healing Trust. The concept of respite is known but not well practiced among many caregivers. Several dictionary definitions suggest its meaning: "a brief interval of rest… Continue reading
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Day 252 – Holding on to the Heart
We have become numb, not because we don’t care but because we don’t grieve. Grief is the way the loss heals. Continue reading
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Day 160 – The Miracle of Presence
Appreciation of the notion of how difficult it is for caregivers to be fully present in this moment may come from asking ourselves how often we do this now. Continue reading
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Days 135-137 – The Art in Our Work
Beauty is always present in the middle of caregiving – sometimes in the midst of what seems like the greatest kind of drudgery. Continue reading
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Day 97 – Lady with the Lamp
Nightingale spent her long life advancing nursing and caregiving. Although she was plagued for the last half of her life with chronic fatigue syndrome, the lady with the lamp championed nursing from Europe to America. Continue reading
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Days 95 & 96 – Leading from Love
…to let Love’s light flow through us so powerfully that it awakens the Love in all those around us. It is uncanny how powerful this Love can be in brightening the lives of those in pain. Continue reading
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Days 28 & 29 – Universal Caregiving?
With all the stuff flying around on cyberspace, including the now-pervasive you-tube, it can be difficult to discern what’s worth watching. Our regular contributor, Liz Wessel, sent me this link to one of the most touching, two-minute videos I’ve encountered.… Continue reading
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Day 26 – Art as Love
We each have the ability to respond to the world from our baser instincts or from the higher reaches of our souls. Continue reading
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