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Daily Question, June 21

What has caregiving taught me?

  • Mica

    Compassion. In my present case, caregiving means giving my adult child the space they want from me. After weeks and weeks of going back and forth in my mind, “I should have…” “they should have…”, I’m now just in a place of compassion for their suffering.

  • Sarah
    I have cared for my brain injured son, all his life, he is now 24 years . My son has taught me to smile at simply being, to beam! To never judge another (exceptionally hard to do at times) but through being judged, I know how destructive this is. Through caring for my sons needs, I realise how connected we all are, he takes me out of myself and into the realisation that we all need to collectively connect, with each other and with Earth. Caregiving takes me to extreme places, to the dark night ...

    I have cared for my brain injured son, all his life, he is now 24 years . My son has taught me to smile at simply being, to beam! To never judge another (exceptionally hard to do at times) but through being judged, I know how destructive this is. Through caring for my sons needs, I realise how connected we all are, he takes me out of myself and into the realisation that we all need to collectively connect, with each other and with Earth. Caregiving takes me to extreme places, to the dark night of the soul to places of absolute warmth and joy where I feel at one with everything.

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  • Malag

    It gives me a sense of purpose and has taught me how important that is to me. It is challenging but the purpose and the growth in me and sometimes the growth in the person are rewarding. It has also taught me not to expect a pat on the back.

  • Sam

    The importance of listening and remaking present no matter what.

  • devy

    Caretaking has taught me love and compassion, putting the needs of those who need help over my personal ones and develop empathy skills for others.

  • Lioness

    To embrace the time given to us.

  • Dusty Su
    Three main things: Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn’t know possible. --Tia Walker 1. As today’s quote says, it has stretched out places in my heart for great love. A type of love I never knew possible. 2. Through being a driven caregiver for decades I have had to learn the hard way that self-care is of the utmost importance. 3. By being cared for I have learned to receive and know that I am worthy of love. That within each one of us resides a non-dualistic sacredness ...

    Three main things:

    Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn’t know possible. –Tia Walker

    1. As today’s quote says, it has stretched out places in my heart for great love. A type of love I never knew possible.

    2. Through being a driven caregiver for decades I have had to learn the hard way that self-care is of the utmost importance.

    3. By being cared for I have learned to receive and know that I am worthy of love. That within each one of us resides a non-dualistic sacredness that survives and thrives on connections with the parts of us that lives in others. This by far has been the hardest lesson of all.

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  • pkr

    Remembering “it’s not about me”.
    Unconditional love, patience, kindness, compassion, listening.

  • Hot Sauce

    Playing with my little cousin has taught me to come to other people’s level in accordance with their needs. I spent several hours pretending to be a gorilla and experiencing being a child for a short time. In order to care for those we love, we must do our best to come to the level of those who need the care.

    • Haha, I see you ???

  • Ed Schulte
    To observe, watch for the trivial interferences personal egoism will try to use to interfere with what REALLY requires doing. Stay vigilant but without tension/ stress / etc / so one can “listen” and “feel” for what the invisible, powerful intelligences are continually instructing wrt right actions to take. Otherwise, patiently stay out of their way while THEY do what is [karmically] the balanced action required at any given moment. Obviously ....I just am simple repeating { w...

    To observe, watch for the trivial interferences personal egoism will try to use to interfere with what REALLY requires doing.

    Stay vigilant but without tension/ stress / etc / so one can “listen” and “feel” for what the invisible, powerful intelligences are continually instructing wrt right actions to take.

    Otherwise, patiently stay out of their way while THEY do what is [karmically] the balanced action required at any given moment.

    Obviously ….I just am simple repeating { with added words } Brother David’s “Stop, Look, Go”. as it is applied to caregiving.

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  • Linda

    Patience. Love. Compassion. Being there for my husband through the good and the bad days.

  • That we are all one. It helped me to redefine strength and to understand the timeline of life as a relative continuum.

  • Debra

    How much I am able to receive from the ‘cared for’ and how much I am able to love , give and provide with Spirit’s guidance. Truly, magnificent.

  • amacord
    Being a caregiver or performing acts of service to others is really a gift to me. We are in this life to share our energies, hopes and resources with others. When we approach our final act, all the trappings of success, material wealth and possessions really mean nothing. How did I perform as a child of a loving God during my brief time on this earth? The gifts and spirit we each enjoy are meant to be shared with others...family, our pets, the people we know and the people we will never met...

    Being a caregiver or performing acts of service to others is really a gift to me. We are in this life to share our energies, hopes and resources with others. When we approach our final act, all the trappings of success, material wealth and possessions really mean nothing. How did I perform as a child of a loving God during my brief time on this earth? The gifts and spirit we each enjoy are meant to be shared with others…family, our pets, the people we know and the people we will never met. And we must apply caregiving to our own wellbeing. Be brave, be strong, do what you can.

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  • Present Moment

    Humility. That no matter how needy another spirit may be the core of divine light remains at their center

  • Michele

    Caregiving has taught me that I really love being a mom. One thing I feel I’m good at is caregiving. I find joy in it. Despite a divorce from my kids father and an unexpected separation from my ex gf of 6 years, I know I was a good caregiver. I enjoy doing all the little things(leaving surprise love notes in coffee cans for example). Taking care of your loved ones, showing affection, being a good listener all make up the person I am. I am grateful.

  • Howie Geib
    Caregiving has taught me how easy it is for me to get it wrong. It's like walking a knife's edge each moment, for the demands of the other can become unbearable or in an instant shift to something positive like a path to being wholly human. My heart needs to be shepherded almost all the time, so, in a sense, it is a boot camp for developing an internal mind-heart collaboration that can be so productive and conduits for grace....or, not. The alternative being a pressure cooker for resentment, vic...

    Caregiving has taught me how easy it is for me to get it wrong. It’s like walking a knife’s edge each moment, for the demands of the other can become unbearable or in an instant shift to something positive like a path to being wholly human. My heart needs to be shepherded almost all the time, so, in a sense, it is a boot camp for developing an internal mind-heart collaboration that can be so productive and conduits for grace….or, not. The alternative being a pressure cooker for resentment, victimhood and bitterness. I have modeled both dispositions and come away utterly humbled at the depth of commitment it requires. God bless the caregivers.

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  • Maria

    Patience, unconditional love, appreciation and selflessness

  • mainly caregiiving has taught me how dualistic my approach to reality is. signs are – beside all the good that is done also – that I have expectations, resulting sometimes in frustration, and a tendency to burn out. so the jewel in all that is an urge to find a way of caring / caregiving that transcends my dualistic perception of me and the world around me. then, I imagine, it would become utterly natural and genuine….

  • Pilgrim

    From the perspective of being given care, I have learned and been so very grateful for patience, adaptability/creativity, generosity, kindness, humor, humility, acceptance, and commitment.

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