It’s Monday Morning Again and I’m HOPEFUL

I love Mondays. You know why? Mondays are full of hope. But, don’t misunderstand me. I’m not one of those “think positive and everything will be great” manipulators. All that positive-thinking, believe-you-can-do-anything optimism is self-destructive, deceptive, and worst of all, it’s anti-Christian. Foolish optimism doesn’t make me love Mondays.   I love Mondays because I’m…

BUCK BUCKLEY, REMEMBERING

Hope & Dying – New Research. I’ve talked about my friend Buck’s death and the report of a new research project on hope.  I decided to repeat the post for those who missed it and rename it Buck Buckley, Remember. When you are your loved one is dying, where can you find hope? Is there any hope? Today in…

Hope & Dying – New Research

Hope & Dying – New Research.   When you’re dying, where can you find hope? Is there any hope? Today in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, new scientific evidence revealed the importance of hope in the face of death.   Hospice. Palliative Care. Dying. Hope.   A major aim of the research project was to…