Category transcendence

FMM 1 8 16 It’s Complicated

January 8, 2016 · by · in comfort, Inspirational, transcendence, Uncategorized · 6 Comments

“People who need people, are the luckiest people in the world”~ Bob Merrill.   Apparently I need to learn lessons about grief and death.  Having to deal with the death of a former husband so close on the heels of the death of my mother is quite challenging.  And as everyone tells you, no matter […]

FMM 12 18 15 In Praise of Life

December 18, 2015 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence, Uncategorized · Leave a comment

“Though lovers be lost love shall not, And death shall have no dominion.”~Dylan Thomas.   Death is a funny thing.  It sharpens the senses like a shower of rain clears the air.  Memories once distant come close.  As a drop of dew on a leaf brings the colors and veins into acute focus, it can […]

FMM 10 23 15 Learning from failure

October 23, 2015 · by · in Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear, I rise…” ~Maya Angelou Nursing school is hard.  It’s supposed to be.  The amount of information you need to obtain; the skills that you must develop; the understanding of the human body in sickness and in health that you have to grasp; it is not for the faint-hearted.  Then […]

FMM 9 25 16 Changing Perspective

September 25, 2015 · by · in Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

http://www.amazon.com/Friday-Morning-Messages-Inspiration-Volume/dp/151716673X FMM 9 25 15 Changing Perspective “Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people.” ~Patricia Hill Collins Last night I heard ‘Her Story’, about a woman whose name I had never heard before: Dorothy Day. Of course I immediately thought of Doris Day, but this was a woman of a totally different order. […]

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