Monthly Archives: May 2015
FMM 5 29 15 How Good and How Pleasant
“The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do it Anyway.” ~ Mother Teresa We are raised to be polite, to say please and thank you, to mind our manners. And most of us expect the same of others. But what if the gift you present is not material? I heard a story last […]
FMM 5 15 15 Points of Contact
“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” ~ Booker T. Washington. When you graduate from nursing school, you get a Pinning ceremony. This is separate and apart from the more familiar graduation event, that comes with cap and gown, in a huge auditorium, shared with students you may not know. For […]
FMM 5 8 15 Modeling
“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” ~Samuel Smiles. It has been an interesting couple of weeks. During National Nurse’s Week I have been privileged to observe nurses at work from a different perspective, while visiting a brave family member in the hospital. […]
FMM 5 1 15 May Day!
“Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.” ~ Rollo May. I love words. I encountered a new one the other day, ‘sonder’, which is a noun representing the realization that random people live a life just as complex and vivid as our own. Most of the time we are so […]
Friday Morning Messages 