Journal of Sacred Work
Caregivers have superpowers! Radical Loving Care illuminates the divine truth that caregiving is not just a job. It is Sacred Work.
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Category: Meditations
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Each of us makes mistakes. Most are minor. Occasionally, we make a significant error. In nearly forty years as a lawyer, judge and healthcare leader, I have lived in worlds where mistakes can mean loss of freedom, life, health, and death. Most tragically, accidents typically happen in the most innocent and harmless seeming ways.…
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Will we dare to step from the frantic search into inner knowing? What does your heart need most today? What is the insular Tahiti within that beckons you to visit? Will you give yourself the much deserved, and perhaps much needed permission to explore your center with fresh eyes and an open heart? I hope…
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You were beautiful at your birth. And you are beautiful still. Yet, there is a good chance to have forgotten how lovely you are.
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It seems certain that you are on one of these paths yourself. 1. Are you walking in the direction you believe is best? 2. If you wanted to change your pathway, how would you do that? 3. When will you do that?
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"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts." – Henry David Thoreau Thoreau’s lines give us the chance to consider how we may affect the quality of the day through our thoughts and actions. Each of us has the opportunity to illuminate beauty for others by how we…
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But back in ’04 when the infamous “Curse of the Bambino” (created when Babe Ruth, the Bambino, was foolishly sold to the Yankees) was finally extinguished. So now, one would think that Boston’s faithful, including thousands of nurses, doctors and other caregivers, can finally sit back, relax, and enjoy America’s pastime.
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Radical loving care shapes this kind of experience for human beings in need. If only we could carry this gift beyond patients and extend it to all we know. If only we could close that vital space that separates us from our fellow beings by extending our hands to touch each other with Love.
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We may only hope that angels may yet save us from the all-to-frequent interruption of the unnecessary phone call jangling its way into our lives.
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As we feel the gifts in our own lives, grace arrives. And grace is contagious.
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The best physician I’ve ever encountered is named Mellar Davis (left). He is such a fine oncologist that he was recruited away from the hospital I used to run, Riverside Methodist, to go to the Cleveland Clinic. His devotion to his patients was stunning. His compassion was saintly. The most caring nurse I’ve every…
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