Meaning is what tells us we count. The key to Frankl’s survival was his constant focus on the vision of what could be. As you move through your day today, I invite you to reflect on Frankl’s story and the following questions

What does it mean to be true to our souls? How much courage does it take to let go of the stone and to swim in a new direction?

We listen to the stories of those around us. And we tell them our own. And in the resonance between speaker and listerner, the light of love shines in the eyes of each.

I don’t expect this meditation to change anyone’s thinking because there is nothing new in these thoughts. Yet, perhaps this reflection may re-awaken the part of each of us that senses the oneness of all humanity. And as this recognition comes, maybe it will become easier to reach out to others in need.

Language reflects how we think toward ourselves and others. It can also have an enormous impact on our physical state. This effect is dramatically under-appreciated.

To revel in God’s Love, we need to recognize and accept our role to manifest that Love through the gifts we have been given. Love comes through us, not from us. As we engage our gifts for the good of others, we notice a certain joy. And that joy is what gives loving caregivers the…

I say I believe in the possibility and reality of healing and yet am awed and honestly quite often surprised when I see evidence of its occurring. When the patient leaves our care, uncured of the cancer that brought him to us yet speaks of having been healed, so many questions rise within me.

Lots of people spend lots of energy trying to crush our ability to dance. I am glad to have learned the song of love from a kind woman, to know the memory of water wrung from a wash cloth and the fluttering of fresh sheets at bedtime.

Ultimately, the answer lies with each individual doctor and every other caregiver. The more medicine is driven by science and business, the more the practice becomes a transactional process and the greater the “burnout” factor. It’s enobling to be a caregiver. It’s exhausting to be only a button-pusher and a biller.

For those inside the church, this message is strange but familiar. And yet, outside the walls of the church, we are so prone to forget it. Thankfully, as Juan was to Betty, so Betty has been to me and to us: an unexpected messenger who points to our true source of Healing.