Receiving well is one of the greatest gifts we can give each other. It is a powerful-though often neglected-way of honoring another person. Yet most of us do better at giving well. We find it easier to give our love and support to others than to receive the love and support of others. When I worked with dying patients and their families as medical social worker at Mercy Hospice-Johnston, this idea of honoring others by receiving well was a topic
Read more →What’s Your Story? My friend, Bill, protected me from a Mama goose attack this afternoon. At least that’s the story that Bill, Carrie (another friend) and I settled on by the time we finished our 40 mile bike ride. We were on the final 10 mile stretch when we came upon the goose and her babies standing quietly alongside the trail. Carrie had just passed them as Bill, drafting close behind me, and I were fast approaching. That’s when the
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Do your daily or weekly habits support the goals you have for yourself? Or do they prevent you from reaching your goals? These are important questions to ask because we shape our lives by making choices again and again, moment by moment, year after year. Every day we face hundreds of small discreet tiny choice points to engage in this behavior or that, this habit or that. Take the goal of weight loss, for example. This goal just happens to
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