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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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Days 86-90 – Love Versus Self-Rejection
“Those who live God’s Love see beauty where others experience shame.” – Dane Dakota, Woman As Beauty (Westview, 2010) Continue reading
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Days 324-325 – Silence
In silence we must wrap much of our life, because it is too fine for speech. – Ralph Waldo Emerson I reflect, just now, on the millions of patients lying in silence in hospitals, hospices and nursing homes. We… Continue reading
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Days 317-319 – Quiet
In the middle of illness, patients need quiet. Continue reading
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Day 110 – How We Learn Love
How do you think you first experienced Love’s gift? How did you learn of Love as you grew from baby to young child to adult? How do you pass on this gift to the patients who fall within your touch… Continue reading