This last week we had a patient who was very confused. She was extremely frightened when she was left alone. With 18 other patients on the floor it is impossible to stay in one room every minute, but you don't want a little confused woman lying in her room scared to death....... We say that a nurse has to be a nurse, a waitress, a house cleaner,...a friend... and as it would appear... an engineer.............
Anyone that knows Amalie knows you don't want to miss her blogs. There you will find beauty, love and peacefulness.... and so much more. Why have I waited till this blog to say you must read... Read it and you will see... I think it speaks for it's self! Of course, than you won't want to miss a single one of her blogs! Matter of thought ~ just may be a good place to enjoy your morning coffee!!!!!
Sometimes this crazy world can make us all feel bad I sit and watch the news and just get mad We need to stop and smell the roses in the ground So get out today Spread a little love around Talk to a neighbor Volunteer a favor Help out a stranger when his car's broke down Take your wife a kissin' When your kids talk - listen It makes a lovely sound Spread a little love around You know it don't take to much to make somebody's day A kind word or tender touch goes a long way We can change the whole world if we start in our hometown So get out today Spread a little love around Tell your mom you love her Bear hug your brother Treat your sister to a night out on the town Throw the ball for Rover Wrestle in the clover Put a smile on that old hound Spread a little love around Slap your sweetheart's fanny Tickle on old granny Dance with the kids and act like a clown A little tiny kiss and hug Everybody needs that stuff Turn a frown upside down Spread a little love around When this world gets you down Spread a little love around
Spread Love
Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor . . . Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.
(by Sarah McLachlan, Seamus Egan, and Dave Merenda)
I will remember you Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by Weep not for the memories
Remember the good times that we had? I let them slip away from us when things got bad How clearly I first saw you smilin' in the sun Wanna feel your warmth upon me, I wanna be the one
I will remember you Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by Weep not for the memories
I'm so tired but I can't sleep Standin' on the edge of something much too deep It's funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word We are screaming inside, but we can't be heard
But I will remember you Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by Weep not for the memories
I'm so afraid to love you, but more afraid to loose Clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose Once there was a darkness, deep and endless night You gave me everything you had, oh you gave me light
And I will remember you Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by Weep not for the memories
And I will remember you Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by Weep not for the memories Weep not for the memories
Eva does a song written by Stevie Wonder. Words so full of wisdom.
Eva Cassidy ~ I Can Only Be Me
Butterflies begin, from having been a larva, As a child is born, from being in a mother's womb, But how many times, have you wished you were some other; Someone than who you are. Yet who's to say that if all were uncovered, You will like what you see; You can only be you, as I can only be me. Flowers can not bloom, until it is their season, As we would not be here, unless it was our destiny, But how many times, have you wished to be in spaces, Times, places than what you were. Yet who's to say with unfamiliar faces, You could any more be; Loving you that you'd see, You can only be you, as I can only be me. Hoooo ohooo oohooouhooooo I can only be me.
IF you read slowly enough, you'll find YOURSELF in this message...I did.
READ THIS VERY SLOWLY... IT'S PRETTY PROFOUND.
Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven't thought about it, don't have it on their schedule, didn't know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine.
I got to thinking one day about all those people on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to cut back. From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible.
How many women out there will eat at home because their husband didn't suggest going out to dinner until after something had been thawed? Does the word refrigeration' mean nothing to you?
How often have your kids dropped in to talk and sat in silence while you watched 'Jeopardy' on television?
I cannot count the times I called my sister and said, 'How about going to lunch in a half hour?' She would gasp and stammer, 'I can't. I have clothes on the lne. My hair is dirty. I wish I had known yesterday, I had a late breakfast, It looks like rain." My personal favorite, "It's Monday." She died a few years ago. We never did have lunch together.
Because Americans cram so much into their lives, we tend to schedule our headaches. We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect!
We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we get the kid toilet-trained. We'll entertain when we replace the living-room carpet. We'll go on a second honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.
Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The days get shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we awaken and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of 'I'm going to,' 'I plan on,' and 'Someday, when things are settled down a bit.'
When anyone calls my 'seize the moment' friend, she is open to adventure and available for trips. She keeps an open mind on new ideas. Her enthusiasm for life is contagious. You talk with her for five minutes, and you're ready to trade your bad feet for a pair of Roller blades and skip an elevator for a bungee cord.
My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years. (HA!) I love ice cream. It's just that I might as well apply it directly to my stomach with a spatula and eliminate the digestive process. The other day, I stopped the car and bought a triple-decker. If my car had hit an iceberg on the way home, I would have died happy.
Now...go on and have a nice day. Do something you WANT to...not something on your SHOULD DO list. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say?
And why are you waiting?
Make sure you read this to the end; you will understand why I sent this to you
Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go round or listened to the rain lapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Gazed at the sun into the fading night?
Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask, 'How are you?' Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running through your head?
Ever told your child, 'We'll do it tomorrow.' And in your haste, not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch? Let a good friendship die? Just call to say 'Hi'?
When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened gift...Thrown away... Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.
Show your friends how much you care.
To those I have sent this to... I cherish our friendship and appreciate all you do.
'Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance!'
Reading this made me think... About trips to the grocery store...
people we meet on the street.... It seems to come naturally to smile and say hello,
but have you ever run into someone that is just growling at the world?
Makes a difference, doesn't it?
It seems I run into the nicest people.
Always someone opens the door at the post office when I go there.
Last week when I had a couple of big packages,
two people ask me if they could carry them in ~ so nice!
I told them thank you but just holding the door open helps so much!!!!
People touch with looks, words, and actions in ways they never know!
You do too!
Every action, every little word,
your facial expressions,
Your intentions...
Everything counts!!
EVERYTHING COUNTS
Early 20th Century African-American poet Countee Cullen spent the summer of his eighth year in Baltimore, Maryland. Shortly after he arrived he noticed a little white boy staring at him. Countee smiled, but the little boy did not smile back. Instead, he stuck out his tongue and called him a hurtful, racial slur.
Cullen later wrote a poem that included his recollection of the summer when he was eight. In it, he says this:
"I saw the whole of Baltimore from May until September. Of everything that happened there that's all I can remember."
The white child likely soon forgot the episode. And he probably never was aware of the pain he inflicted on the young stranger. But the truth is... everything counts. EVERYTHING. Everything we do and everything we say. Everything helps or hurts; everything adds to or takes away from someone else.
Educator and writer Leo Buscaglia put it like this: "The majority of us lead quiet, unheralded lives as we pass through this world. There will most likely be no tickertape parades for us, no monuments created in our honor. But that does not lessen our possible impact, for there are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. It's overwhelming to consider the continuous opportunities there are to make our love felt."
How truly amazing life can be when we know that... EVERYTHING COUNTS.
Last week I made a trip to visit with my Mom and Sis. On the drive
to and from Florida I listened to a seminar on CD. One of the
speakers that really made an impression on me was Marie Forleo.
(Knew I liked her the minute she started to speak.) It could have been
her enthusiasm or just her pleasant personality, but when she started
to speak on Living in the Moment she had my complete attention.
I am a list person and use those to get things accomplished, groceries
gotten, chores done.....etc. She brought this up and said your goals
are not as important as the moment. She stated working on yourself
doesn't work. Her belief was when you take care of this moment the
future takes care of itself. So writing down goals and making the end
product the important thing won't work! Or at least it won't work for
making the best life you can have! What is important is where you are
and what you are doing right this moment...
Doesn't matter if you are in a grocery store line or doing the dishes,
each is so important. Enjoy those people around you in line....
enjoy that warm water and those suds... Be there and enjoy what
is going on around you this very minute.
Made sense to me!!! I thought and thought about it!!! How
could you have a bad day if you make the most of every minute
and enjoy it for what it is? How wonderful each moment and
each day would be for each of us!
~ Linda
........ ..This video is five minutes long but it delivers a wonderful message and I believe is worth all five minutes. I believe it so much I have watched it three times! It has to be read, but I think you will enjoy it!
Link to Walking in softness 
