Maya Angelou
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Just for you!
"Feeling particularly cranky because of the unbearable heat and humidity, I was ready to pick a fight with anybody I encountered on my walk to a drugstore on the Upper West Side. So I was ready to put my mental… Continue reading
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Days 358-359 “Deep peace, a soft white dove to you”
Deep peace, a soft white dove to You;Deep peace, a quiet rain.Deep peace of the running wave to you,Deep peace of the flowing air.Deep peace of the quiet earth to you,Deep peace of the shining stars.Deep peace of the gentle… Continue reading
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Healing & Hope
Today, I offer a simple prayer. To the God of our own understanding, the spirit with whom we commune this morning – we ask that our minds be open, our hearts welcoming, our arms embracing. We lift up those whose… Continue reading
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Honoring National History Month: Days 61-62
Note: This reflection is by my esteemed colleague and guest contributer Roxie Nammour, Chaplain March is Women's History Month. It's a time we set aside to honor women's contributions in science, business, sports, social movements, and so many other… Continue reading
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Days 352-365 Come.. Peace…
Excerpt from the beautiful poem Amazing Peace by Maya Angelou We beckon this good season to wait a while with us.We, Baptist and Buddhist, Methodist and Muslim, say come.Peace.Come and fill us and our world with your majesty.We, the Jew… Continue reading
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Days 274-275 In Waterfalls of Tenderness
Father, Mother, God, Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days. For then we have you to lean upon. Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days, for then we can share that which… Continue reading
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Days 341-342 Amazing Peace
Note: Excerpt of poem "Amazing Peace," a Christmas poem by Maya Angelou Something to consider this during this unfolding Advent week that calls us to cultivate Peace within. We hear a whisperAt first it is too soft. Then only… Continue reading
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Days 320-321 Little Glimmers
A woman with a scarf over her head hoists her six year old up onto the first step of the school bus. “Good-bye,” she says. A father on the phone with his freshman son has just finished bawling him… Continue reading
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Days 264-265 Come with Me
This past week I've learned a little about the life of a remarkable woman, Maya Angelou. So often our greatest hardships unleash within us our greatest gifts. When Maya was seven years of age she was raped and had to… Continue reading
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Days 204-205 Life Is…
The home is the most intimate setting to receive healthcare. Caregivers (clinicians; we are all caregivers, one to another) who go into a person’s home to provide care, enter as stranger and quickly become relied upon as a… Continue reading
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