Erie Chapman
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Days 71-75 – Noon in Eternity – Old Cures for New Pain
Where attention goes, energy flows. Pain is a petulant child. It thrives on attention. The more we give it the louder it shrieks. Continue reading
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Days 317-321 The Legacy of Co-Workers
We rarely know the legacy we leave. When you reach retirement the voices of fellow workers will ring in your ears. May that sound be a bell calling you to rich memories. Continue reading
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Days 301-302 The Day is Sacred
Note: Reflection offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel. "In silence we must wrap much of our life, because it is too fine for speech." – Ralph Waldo Emerson The above quote was shared by Erie Chapman in the Journal of… Continue reading
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Days 265-269 The Power of Play
“Perhaps, it is when we unite work & play that we do our best caregiving – for each other as well as for the patient before us.” Continue reading
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Days 220-221 Would You Bring Dirty Dishes?
“When we relate to our bodies as having soul, we attend to their beauty, their poetry and their expressiveness. Our very habit of treating the body as a machine, whose muscles are like pulleys and its organs engines, forces… Continue reading
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Days 185-186 “The Seven Powers of Radical loving Leaders” by Erie Chapman
Reflection by Liz Sorensen Wessel. “Finding meaning in our work fuels passion regardless of the job. Passion electrifies Erie’s exceptional book, ‘The Seven Powers of Radical Loving Leaders.'” Continue reading
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Days 146-150 – The Trick
“Time is a trick. But the biggest trick of all is reality.” – Dane Dakota, from the film, “Alex Dreaming.” Continue reading
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Days 132-136 – What lives in Negative Space?
Every good artist learns that negative space holds the key to positive space. “Empty” areas allow images to breath, notes to sing & caregivers to listen for Love’s voice. Continue reading
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Days 125-129 – Courage
“Courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life,” Whyte writes. But it is always easier to hide. Courage is a choice. The only way to live fully is to choose it. Continue reading
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Days 117-122 – 11 Truths About Imagination
“I am certain of nothing but the Holiness of the heart’s affections and the truth of Imagination,” Keats wrote. Imagination breathes youth & vitality into our lives – if only we will let it. Continue reading
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