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Quotes
Posted by: | CommentsDo you love to collect quotes? I do. Today I share some of my favorites. Cut them out; paste them on your mirror or in your journal.
“You can love other people only to the degree that you’ve come to love and accept yourself.” Shakti Gawain
“Work as if you don’t need the money/Dance as if no one is looking/Love as if you have never been hurt. Anonymous
“Your life is not a problem to be solved, but a gift to be opened.” Wayne Muller author of How Then Shall I Live.
“There is no cure for birth or death save to enjoy the interval.” George Santayana
“Patience makes lighter what sorrow may not heal.” Horace
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Caregiver Truths
Posted by: | CommentsAnne Lamott has written a book, “Traveling Mercies.” In it she says that her most popular prayers are, “Help me, help me, help me” and “”Thank you, thank you, thank you.” Sounds like the caregivers prayer.
She also has a wonderful quote: “All you can do is show up for someone in crisis. Your there-ness … can be life giving, because often everyone else is in hiding.”
Ain’t it the truth. If you are a friend of a caregiver …. SHOW UP, the Caregiver already has!
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The Purpose of Life
Posted by: | CommentsIn an interview with Paul Bradshaw, Rick Warren author of The Purpose Driven Life, said, “Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you’re just coming out of one, or you’re getting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort.”
As a caregiver it is hard sometimes to see any good in the experience. But I have learned lessons and grown during my nine years of caring. I have developed character and patience during this tough challenge. Rick Warren has experienced it first hand as well, as his wife has battled cancer.
What is the purpose of life? Here is my personal answer; “The meaning of life is finding your gift. The purpose of life is giving it away.”
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Dance in the Rain
Posted by: | CommentsTrue love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will ot be.
The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the bgest of everything they have.
“Life isn’t about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain.” Anonymous internet quote
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