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Speech Contest Loss Provides Perspective and Opportunity
by Charles Fleisher, The Opportunities Guy www.theopportunitiesguy.com The All-Important Speech “On a cold wet November day in 2005 I entered a room full of hundreds of people. In a panic the organizer asked me if I would be able to … Continue reading
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Beyond Coping: Having a Great Life!
Pam LeBlanc writes on Austin360.com: Exercise helps patients cope with Alzheimer’s Disease. Pam gives the example of John Duncan, a man with Alzheimer’s who enjoys life more with regular personal training than he did before personal training. The personal training … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Holistic Care, Perspective
Tagged compassion, exercise, friendship, Joy, perspective, therapies
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Outcomes of Alzheimer’s Treatment: What Can We Strive For?
There is very little we can do to treat Alzheimer’s Disease. Modern medicine currently has no path to eradicate Alzheimer’s from the body. However, there are many ways we can treat people with Alzheimer’s. We do have the means to bring joy, love, and … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Community, Perspective
Tagged Alzheimer's, awareness, choice, fulfillment, Joy, love
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Beautiful Mortality! A Letter to Those With Alzheimer’s
My Dear Friend, Great sadness and disappointment are born of hope and attachment to a future that never was and never will be. Waiting for joy in the future or looking for joy in the past denies us of the … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Perspective, Time
Tagged Alzheimer's, awareness, compassion, friendship, Joy, love, perspective
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The Upward Spiral of Joy
Today has everything the world offers. Look no further for your next action or your next joy. The door to the world of joy is open today. Beware expectations of the future. We have only today. Today the world turns. … Continue reading
Hiring Friendship in a Care Home
Are you happy with all the caregivers at a facility where a loved one lives? The job descriptions of caregivers do not say “friend”. So, don’t expect it. Their performance is not evaluated on their friendship. So, don’t expect it. … Continue reading
Posted in Holistic Care, Perspective
Tagged Alzheimer's, assisted living, friendship
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A Present For You
This present is for you. This is ALL there is. I am happy you are here NOW. I am happy to be here with you. Please enjoy this present. Recall the love in your life. Recall your friends. Recall all … Continue reading
Frail and Laughing
Carl’s time in his body is nearing completion. His weight continues to drop from about 230 lbs. a year ago to about 170 lbs. today. His body is bony. He is stooped over when sitting and when standing or shuffling … Continue reading
Posted in Holistic Care, Perspective, The Happiest Year, Uncategorized
Tagged Alzheimer's, Carl, friendship, Gurumayi, love, Muktananda, perspective, spirituality
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Sex, Addictions, and Enlightenment
I have an affinity for the female human form. I experience it as appreciation, awe, desires, and urges. I also experience it as complaints, sadness, and separation. It’s not the female form that does all this to me. It’s my … Continue reading
Posted in Holistic Care, Perspective, The Happiest Year, Uncategorized
Tagged addiction, dopamine, enlightenment, love, responsibility, sex
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Do What You Really Want To
I have a lot of things I can do. You have many things you can do. We have choices… lots of choices. This morning I have some of my favorite distractions calling me. I have my music calling me. I … Continue reading