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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Like others on this journey of becoming, I too know that I can, and often do, move too fast and talk too loudly. And how easily I so eagerly jump into conversations, invited or not! Yet the gentleness of Love calls me to slow down, to bring myself into the space of others with reverence…
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I think of Mrs. Johnson almost every time I catch sight of wild flowers sprouting on either side of a concrete or asphalt interstate. I hope you will now think of her too. And I hope that your thoughts will remind you of your own power to be a carrier of beauty.
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I was looking for poems about intimacy when it dawned on me. All poems are intimate. The better the poem, the more intimate, the more secrets to be shared. And like intimacy between those who love, the poem is a conversation between poet and reader. Here, for example, are the twin opening lines of an…
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The Mayo brothers were in love with the idea of creating a model of healthcare that emphasized an ideal mix of science and compassion. They didn’t build their model on money. They built it on love. What creates true value in this world? The only thing that matters is Love. Without love, nothing has value.…
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I think of the ironies of war and of those long gone whom I hold close. Out of the heartaches and sacred encounters of war, lifelong relationships formed, civilians suffered, lives were sacrificed, babies were born, and people connected in inexplicable ways grew together in Love’s golden circle.
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I can’t think of a better way to end a series on dreams than with a poem by the great Billy Collins about the very first dream a human being ever had. A goal of poetry is to awaken us to think in new ways. That is the special challenge, and the unique gift, which…
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I would like to be the air That inhabits you for a moment Only. I would like to be that unnoticed And that necessary. -Margaret Atwood
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dreaming is a wonderful gift. Our minds have the capability to leap free of the earth’s restraints. Sometimes, we are even fortunate enough to build a foundation beneath our dreams so that, one day, we can gaze about us to discover that we have contributed something to the world that wasn’t there before. And this…
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the Journal is primarily about presence to our lives. What does life look like when we are unable to manage that presence? Part of the answer may lie in calling ourselves to a new level attention about our dream life. Sleep, it turns out, is about much more than simple rest. The body needs this…
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Perhaps all of life’s smaller losses prepare us for the big one. Like the rest between two notes, in the spaces between checking things off a grand, worthwhile, to-do list and browsing for shoes on nordstrom.com, there will be moments – even hours – of love, joy and earthly delights. There will be chocolate, and…
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