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That One
Providing providently ensures the ability to serve others without distraction. Providing providently includes fasting. A talk given by Michael J Smith in sacrament meeting at the Farmington Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Strong Medicine
What an impressive site. I visited My Strong Medicine, a blog of a nursing professional, among other things. I love his post titled, “Hi, I’m the nurse. We’ve never met.” Read it. I applaud his style and enthusiasm. Thank you for posting this.
He mentioned something in another post. Here’s the quote:
It’s OK to forget, it’s [...]
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Nigh
It’s an eerie sound. It’s lonesome. It’s angry. It’s a sound one doesn’t want to hear – ever. It’s a sound one doesn’t want to make. It’s a sound that is unmistakable. This sound neither belongs in your ears, nor in your heart, but we are allowed to make it. We are expected to make [...]
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How Invigorating!
THANK YOU! I feel much better. Conference was quite wonderful and I feel like my cup is full again. So much of conference was directly aimed at me. I know…vain isn’t it? I am a firm believer that Heavenly Father knows our doings, our needs and our wants. And because he is such a loving [...]
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Great!
I am interviewing for a per diem job. I don’t earn enough money. It’s at a nursing home. What are your thoughts given my simplification project? I feel that I need to work more and be more smart with my money. We just don’t make enough to make ends meet most paychecks.
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Full Worth
Just what is valuable to me? Some of my values are:
THE LONG LIST:
Time with my family (spending time with the people I love)
Time with my wife (spending time with the people I love)
Clean, uncluttered home (order)
Time to myself (time for me)
Nursing (supporting my family, service)
Living the Gospel (Gospel)
Service (Gospel)
Outdoors
THE SIMPLIFIED LIST:
People – family, friends, service, [...]
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Elegance
My cup has been empty lately; each time I reach the bottom, I find that energy and momentum are added to my cup and I can go a little farther. I am just overwhelmed with everything I have to do. I don’t know where the energy comes from. Well, maybe I do.
There was so much [...]
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Emergency Preparedness / Conservation
Here are some resources from today’s lecture on Emergency Preparedness, pollution and conservation. It includes things about disaster nursing. Enjoy!
Conservation International: Neat ways to calculate your impact on the environment.
CDC: Emergency Preparedness: The Centers for Disease Control’s Emergency Preparedness Website
Maine Emergency Management Agency: Maine specific Disaster Plans
LDS Emergency Preparedness Information: An in depth look
Family Home [...]
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Cancer, Nursing
Cancer has the following words attached to it in my mind: threatening, menacing, baleful, forbidding, sinister, inauspicious, unpropitious, unfavorable, unpromising; portentous, foreboding, fateful, premonitory; black, dark, gloomy; minatory; direful; minacious. It also has the following dimensions: prompt, drive, move, inspire, stimulate, influence, activate, impel, push, propel, spur. Inspire? What’s so inspiring about the potential death [...]
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