“I see that people living with dementia still have the potential to inspire us, teach us, love us, heal us, amuse us, befriend us, calm us, touch us, energize us, enlighten us, empower us, forgive us, nurture us, open our hearts, bring out the best in us, and bring meaning and purpose into our lives.” …
“Toto, I Have a Feeling We’re Not in Kansas Anymore“, the character Dorothy Gale from the movie The Wizard of Oz (1939) Career and Life Transitions and Getting Back to Your Version of Kansas Growing up as a young boy I can fondly remember sitting down once a year with my parents and siblings to …
As we head into the home stretch of summer and with the back to school season for our children and grandchildren just weeks away, it’s a great time to embrace Cura Personalis in our everyday life and work. Cura Personalis is a Latin term that emphasizes the importance of self-care or what might be better described as the “care of …
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift”. Steve Prefontaine I can fondly remember sitting in front of the TV as a 17 year old and watching Dave Wottle win the Gold Medal in the 800 meter run at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Wottle made running with a golf cap hip …
“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, …
“Lonely days are long. Twilight sings a song. All the happiness that used to be. Soon my eyes will close. Soon I’ll find repose. And in dreams, you’re always near to me. I’ll see you in my dreams. Hold you in my dreams. Someone took you right out of my arms. Still I feel the …
“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.” 1 Corinthians 13: 7-8 A heartfelt thank you to the Diocese of Trenton’s Pastoral Care Training Program (PCTP), to its Program Director Deanna Sass and assistant Deborah D’Agostaro, and to the many talented Program Instructors – Fr. Cesar Rubiano, Dr. Zeni Fox, Sandy and …
“But I keep waiting for the night. I close my eyes and hope you’ll find me sleeping. Cause in my dreams, we can spend a little time just talking. In my dreams, we are side by side just walking. Oh, the feelings that we used to know. The places we used to go are still there in …
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. Proverbs 27:1 Always Be Listening to Your Body (ABLTYB) On March 18th, I had surgery to remove my gall bladder and 30 days later I’m back in my favorite pool again where I belong and can now get back to …
“Listening isn’t a need we have; it’s a gift we give”. The Lost Art of Listening, Michael P. Nichols, Ph. D. “Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger”. James 1:19 Are You a Good Listener? Almost 2,000 years ago, the Greek philosopher Epictetus said …
