Monday Motivation
Dream, Wonder and Feel for Others – Monday Message
As we go through life, we inevitably encounter difficulties and suffer tragedy and loss. The way that we process and move through these experiences has a lasting impact on our self-understanding and the way we...
Engage With an Open Heart and Mind- Monday Message
One skill that we can all develop further which will positively impact virtually every area of our lives is being a good listener. Author Mark Nepo challenges us with this insight, “To listen is to lean in, softly,...
The Shared Heart is Calling – Monday Message
As we continue to live and work in these challenging times, Journalist Kristi Nelson offers words of hope and wisdom for us: “The path forward may sometimes be unclear. And it may be messy. But the shared heart is...
Peace and Justice, Health and Happiness – Monday Message
Happy New Year! American singer/songwriter Brad Paisley once wrote on New Year’s Eve, “Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” May we draw on lessons learned and hardships...
Spread Kindness – Monday Message
This holiday season is surfacing so many different feelings and experiences for so many different people. Celebration of traditions and rituals which ground us and provide us with meaning and perspective are needing...
Light of Hope – Monday Message
Today is the Winter Solstice for the Northern Hemisphere, marking the shortest day of the year. Leading up to today, we have had less and less light with each passing day. From this day forward, daylight will begin...
Wonder and Joy – Monday Message
Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology at the State University of New York, Robin Wall Kimmerer writes, “Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and...
Lasting Happiness – Monday Message
As we search for that perfect holiday gift, may we remain grounded in the awareness and appreciation of that which truly brings us deep and lasting happiness. Denis Waitley writes, “Happiness cannot be traveled to,...
What is Most Important to You – Monday Message
One of the questions that hospice teams have been asking patients for many years now is, “What is most important to you”. Asked at the right moment and in the right way, this simple question can elicit...
Appreciate the Miracle of Each New Day – Monday Message
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. How can you go wrong when you put together cultivating gratitude with the smells and tastes of recipes passed down through generations. Just thinking of the dinner table...
Compassion is Not a Luxury – Monday Message
Roshi Joan Halifax once said, “We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and...
What Matters Most – Monday Message
National Hospice and Palliative Care month helps us to recognize that hospice care not only is a gift to those who receive it, but to the entire community. Walking with those who are facing life-limiting illness...