Erie Chapman
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Days 278-282 Finding Your Soul
“Where there is spiritual affinity between two people, distance cannot block their presence to each other.” …Your body is a form carved in the air. But, your soul’s shape shifts, expanding or contracting based on whether you nourish it with… Continue reading
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Days 273-275 – More Moments With the Beautiful O’Donohue
“Even, and perhaps especially, in the bleakest times, we can still discover and awaken beauty; these are precisely the times when we need it most.” – John O’Donohue Continue reading
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Day 271 – The Call of Beauty – Another Day with John O’Donohue
Caregivers like you need Beauty in your life each day. Amid the ugliness of the illness & struggles of people you serve there may be days on which it is especially hard to touch that beauty. What grounds… Continue reading
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Day 270 – The Man Who Knew Beauty
“Everywhere there is tenderness, care and kindness there is beauty.” – John O’Donohue Continue reading
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Days 263-267 – “Praise hounds”
“I remembered how praise / can keep you from belonging to yourself…” – Stephen Dunn Continue reading
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Days 256-260 – Eleanor’s Insights
“Do something that scares you today and find yourself becoming more alive – and more in love with life.” – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 254-258 – Being “Different”
“What does society do with those of us who are “different?” Who determines the “norm” from which the rest of us are excluded?” Continue reading
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Days 247-251 – Invisibility
No one has written more powerfully about becoming invisible, a walking ghost, then Ralph Ellison. In Invisible Man his angry protagonist says, “I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me." The marginalized millions of the world… Continue reading
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245-246 International Caregivers Day
"A golden thread of loving care connects us all." -Erie Chapman August 26 was Mother Teresa's birthday and what better way to honor her memory then to celebrate Radical Loving Care and the contributions of caregiver's from around the world.… Continue reading