Saturday 28 September 2013

Healing - a Calling, not just a Job


     Your life has a meaning far beyond simply performing a few techniques from which to earn a living. You’re following the calling to be a health-care professional. You’re on a lifelong intentional transformative maturation journey, from layperson – to – healer: 

     • from self-centered reactivity toward altruistic response to others’ needs
     • from stuck in the past, or daydreaming of the future toward dynamic presence 
     • from rigidity & cynicism toward psychological flexibility, acceptance, humor & joy
     • from “I can’t handle this” toward increasing abilities to manage complexity, ambiguity & difficulty with competence & composure

     This evolving consciousness is essential to form effective healing connections with patients, others, and yourself. Much of this may not immediately resonate with you. Nevertheless, tuck it away, carry these thoughts with you as 
open questions. Many other puzzling aspects of life, if held as open questions, will gradually become clear, important, and deeply meaningful.



Brooklyn Warehouse restaurant, Halifax, NS

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