Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.”— Bob Goff
Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real-life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging”, as I know each of these pieces represents something…
Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.” — St. Francis of Assisi
Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real-life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging”, as I know each of these pieces represents something…
Anything that annoys you is teaching you Patience.
Anyone who abandons you is teaching you how to stand up on your own two feet.
Anything that angers you is teaching you forgiveness and compassion.
Anything that has power over you is teaching you how to take power back.
Anything you hate is teaching you unconditional love.
Anything you fear is teaching you courage to overcome fear.
Anything you can’t control is for teaching you how to let go and trust the Universe.
“I’ve learned that I can always rise above the things that were meant to destroy me. I step on the misfortune and learn how to be taller from it.”
― Jackson Kiddard
“Carpooling” wants to be reimbursed for gas for a 30-mile round-trip journey to pick up a friend’s disabled son from the bus stop. The request from the “dear friend” doesn’t happen very often. My two cents are this: Losing or even offending a “dear friend” isn’t worth any price, let alone the price of a few gallons of gas ($10 or less). True friends grant favor requests, when possible, and usually without expecting anything in return. If it becomes a regular request, then definitely broach the subject, but a rare request is truly a “favor,” and granting favors has a way of coming back to you. Instead, “Carpooling” could think of this favor as a meal she might take to her friend if she were sick (and would likely spend more than $10 in that case). – Dear Friends are Priceless
Dear Priceless: Ten dollars is not the same everywhere nor is it the same to every budget. The letter writer isn’t just complaining; the letter states that the frequency of the requests, combined with the amount, created a financial hardship. It’s important to remember that everyone’s finances are different and one person’s easy favor is another person’s stretch. The pricelessness of dear friends goes both ways; if I had a dear friend whose load I could lighten by covering the price of gas, I’d leap at the opportunity to do so.
‘God’s Hotel’ by Victoria Sweet. (2012, 338 pages) Rarely, a book comes along that not only instructs and delights but also deepens your humanity. Dr. Sweet has PhD in medieval history as well as an MD, and shares the ancient Latin and Greek etymologies of many terms used in patient care today. Hospitality, community, charity – what do they really mean? Dr Sweet shows how those words form the foundational principles of Laguna Honda Hospital. The last almshouse in the US – its patients the poor, the mentally ill, the unlucky, those with nowhere else to go.
Dr. Sweet sucks you in; she is enthusiastic about this “slower” way of caring for sick people. The human heart of the book is the case histories which are invigorating, enlightening, infuriating and heartbreaking. Sometimes the patient goes to the brink of death, the ‘anima’ already halfway in ascent, and turns back. Other times, the patients make miraculous recoveries only to succumb to drugs or neglect once discharged.
Entwined in patient care is the heart-breaking bureaucracy that governs healthcare. The end makes you sad as Dr. Sweet has won your heart from how effective the “old” way is. I wish there were still some “God’s Hotels” in America where people could be healed not just medically, but also healed in their whole body and mind. They would have a community of care around them, led by an interdisciplinary team who would be allowed the extra time it takes to truly listen to their patients amidst the myriad of things they must do to meet regulations.
This is a moving, compelling, and wonderfully human read. This should be a required read for every medical and healthcare professional as a reminder that progress doesn’t have to throw out the baby with the bath water as far as what has worked before.
Real Life of an MSW 