Erie Chapman
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Days 240-244 – International Caregivers Day & Ocean Magic
Because August 26 is International Caregivers Day (created by the Journal to celebrate caregivers everywhere) we are adding this recognition to this week’s essay on the ocean. “Were you born from the earth or is it the sea that brought… Continue reading
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Days 238-239 – Beauty Unfinished
Is anything you do every truly complete? How many things have you discarded as unfinished & thus missed the muffled voice of their song? Continue reading
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Days 233-237 – Salvation for what is hard to bear?
“Other than hopelessness, humiliation may the hardest brew to swallow. It is the fire the ego fears most.” – Erie “Chip” Chapman Continue reading
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Days 226-230 Love & Murder
“Medicine can cure. Only love can ignite your greatest energy – the healing power that lives in your heart. .” -Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 219-223 – Ego vs. Arrogance – Does your ego get a bad rap?
“Arrogance is as insidious as ego is natural. Arrogance seeks attention at the expense of others. Ego appreciates attention honestly earned. Wisdom does not allow joy to be determined by praise or blame.” – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 212-216 – The Quantum Energy in a Smile
“Whether offered to a tiny group or an entire population, smiles transform energy. Try one on right now and watch the light rise.” -Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 204-208 – Second Looking, Second Listening
“If a movie is exceptional (Annie Hall, Casablanca & Citizen Kane come to mind) than you will likely see more in the second viewing than you did in the first. Freed from tracking the story line you can watch for… Continue reading
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Days 190-194 – Honoring Sacrifice
“The Journal of Sacred Work also honors the sacred pain that our veterans endured so that we could live love in a free country.” – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 180-181 – What Is the Shape of Empathy?
“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our… Continue reading
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Days 175-179 “…the house you never left.”
“The ultimate existential issues are time and consciousness. Inside these notions lives our sense of Love and how we exist.” -Erie Chapman Continue reading
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