Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: Top 5 Regrets of the Dying – 2/29/12
You may think this will be a depressing read because it mentions death, but it’s actually life-enriching! These ideas apply to all of us, whether we’re past, current or future family caregivers or care recipients. Earlier this month I read an article at AARP.org by Bronnie Ware that really resonated with me. Ware is a [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: Happy Holidays — 12/20/11
We are really advocates of just getting as happy as you can be—which takes care of everything. Even if you don’t have reason to be happy—make it up. Fantasize it. Make a decision that you’re going to be happy one way or another—no matter what. “No matter what, I’m going to be happy! If I [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: Endings and Beginnings — 10/26/11
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: Are You Feeling Old? — 7/27/11
The very wise Seth Godin recently posted this on his blog: When did you get old? At some point, most brands, organizations, countries and yes, people, start talking about themselves like they’re old. “We can’t stretch in that direction,” or “Not bad for a 60 year old!” or “I’m just not going to be [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: Don’t Be Discouraged — 5/25/11
“Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb but how well you bounce.” ~ Vivian Komori ************************* “There is nothing which persevering effort and unceasing and diligent care cannot accomplish.” ~ Seneca ************************* “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: Words Matter — 3/9/11
In honor of Words Matter Week, here are ten of my favorite quotes about words and how family caregivers can best use them . . . or not. “Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.” ~ Blaise Pascal “The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: On Farewells — 1/12/11
Man’s feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell. ~ Jean Paul Richter ************************* How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. ~ Carol Sobieski and Thomas Meehan, from Annie ************************* The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: Merry Christmas and Happy 2011
“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” ~ Oprah Winfrey My hopes for the coming year are for peace to prevail in this turbulent world, may good health continue for yourselves and everyone you hold dear, and may we all make time to laugh, love, dream and appreciate [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: On Miracles — 12/1/10
In the United States we are entering the holiday season when we celebrate miracles that happened in the past. But caregivers, both family and professional, make miracles happen each and every day for their care recipients. “When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or [...]
It’s National Family Caregivers Month — Have You Thanked a Caregiver?
Each November is National Family Caregivers Month in the United States. I wrote this tribute in 2008 and wish to share it again to honor and thank family caregivers world-wide. What is Caregiving? C is for caring more for others than for yourself A is for appreciating that all human beings deserve dignity and respect R is [...]
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