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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The realization that we have been Loved into being, moment by moment is a humbling experience. To delve deeper into this understanding of being Loved endlessly, even in our brokenness, Loved regardless of achievement of failure, is cause for reverence and gratitude.
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One of the cornerstones of the work of loving care is the notion of “presence”. We work toward attaining some sort of balance in our lives so that while we are in a moment, we are really “in the moment”. We ask caregivers to clear their minds of schedules and paperwork and other personal burdens…
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The beginning of renewed or deepening self-love may be sparked by spending some time in reflection.
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When you are tired, what brings you energy? Sometimes, when I’m most worn out, as I am this evening, I find a strange kind of energy comes from forcing myself to do something physical, like moving around, or something mental, like a crossword puzzle. If energy returns, it means my spirit was not as tired…
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We cannot create our own epiphanies. We can only ready ourselves so that, if we are fortunate, we will recognize that God is present, if only we can see.
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It may not fuel fulfillment, but ambition drives people to achieve goals. Caregivers are called to continuous excellence because their work is sacred. – Erie Chapman
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Where does courage come from? We can talk all we want about faith and faith is, ultimately, our deepest refuge. Meanwhile, the kindness of caregivers is the vessel that can carry us through the roughest seas. You, as a caregiver, can make an enormous impact on the lives of sufferers by lending your presence as…
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I believe I would rather have Stieglitz like something – anything I had done – than anyone else I know. – Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) Across the arc of the 20th century, Georgia O’Keeffe created an extraordinary body of work that enlivened and enriched the texture of American Art. Her well-known marriage to Alfred Stieglitz…
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In loving encounters, we escape, during that time, our own loneliness. Imagine if we could look at the world as a net with gems available at each intersection of one pathway over another? With all the trouble along so many of the world’s pathways, this may seem like a naive imagining. But this is not…
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Based on the theory in The Secret, the law of attraction brings to us what we think about, either positive or negative. I can’t say if this was a case of cause and effect. I thought negatively about him, and suffered a negative occurrence, and then a positive one. Maybe I need more work on…
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