Compassion fatigue…when caregivers are too tired to care!

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What happens to ME when I get sick from doing too much for YOU? What happens to YOU when I can no longer hold you in my heart with love and respect because I am tired of your pain? What happens to MY PAIN when I cannot find a way to see through your pain and into… [Continue Reading]

Upping our JOY Q…Our joy quotient is woefully low!

Joy via taocenter.net

I once took a philosophy class in college and the teacher asked us to define happiness. I remember saying that it was an illusion and that people who said they were happy were liars. I also said that if people can find a little happiness, it would be fleeting and can never last. Fast forward 30 years and… [Continue Reading]