Reflect, today, on the one you love. Know that you can commit your life to that person while still fulfilling the caling that caregiving needs. Indeed, unless you are a Mother Theresa, you are most likely to be a fine caregiver if you also have someone else in your life with whom you share your…

Whether you use a story form or not, it is helpful to consider what you would want your caregivers to know about you if you were hospitalized. The trauma of hospitalization is such that when nurses or doctors become patients, they seem anxious to let their caregivers know that they are trained caregivers themselves -…

And so, we seal ourselves from some of the truth of life and anesthetize ourselves from some of life’s reality. But then, there’s Gene Kelly – just singin’ in the rain. – Erie Chapman

As we express our human longing, we may, at some moment, step back a bit and recognize ourselves as silly expressions of life’s longing for itself. And we may forgive ourselves for only being human. After all, Christianity is a difficult faith to practice.

A potential danger for committed caregivers, however, is believing that success is about working all of the time. Personal commitment does not require that we become workaholics. In fact, workaholic behavior can block success just as effectively as can lazy behavior. So we all need to make rest a priority, to make time to play,…

Everyone with a computer and a camera now has the capability to become their own television station. This is the phenomenon of YouTube and others. Who is this kid making the strange sounds and maybe making you laugh? He’s no one we know – until now. Standing in some spot – probably the bedroom in…

Humanity is won by continuing to play in the face of certain defeat. – Ralph Ellison This is a thing that Love does. It is the nurse who comforts a terminally ill baby and stays with him until the moment of his death, even though there is no longer anything she can do to save…

We are all more than our moods. And we need to find the strength to love others when their mood may make them seem especially “unlovable.”

Fortunately, most caregivers, especially the angels we know as physical and occupational therapists, maintain a beautiful sense of appreciation for the humanity of those for whom they care. Yet we can never be reminded often enough the presence of illness, injury or handicap in a fellow human is a signal to the rest of us…

The man whose life he saved on the Subway certainly doesn’t care about motivation. The question is not one of faith. It is a question of the human expression of Love. Love is patient, and kind and true. Love is what it is. Paul simply recognized an eternal truth. One which is hard to live…