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Share the Gift of You
A few days
ago, I sat with a friend in the hospital. She was recovering from a surgery but
was still her normal bubbly, brilliant self.
I’ve known
her for many years and have heard many stories of her life and
journey, but on that day in the hospital, she gave me the gift of herself. I
felt that she had opened her heart and poured it out to me. I heard stories of
her youth, of pain and hardship. There were stories of triumph and adventure,
stories of joy and of sorrow.
My daughter
sat attentively listening with great interest and I was amazed by my own need
to truly hear.
My friend is
not near her end, far from it, but she (and her meds) had allowed herself to
share the gift of her own life.
This past weekend, I’ve heard other life stories and was inspired, moved and thrilled
with how they all connected and intersected with the twists and turns of my own
life.
Then I
remembered something I heard a few weeks before at a business meeting; we have
many pathways but are on the same journey.
During this
week of run, grab wrap and give, take the time to share the gift of you.
Listen to a
story.
Share your
own.
Visit with
someone who can’t get up and out.
Find points
of intersection between your life and that of someone else’s and you will find
your own way.
Be you, be well be the journey.
Bertice Berry, PhD.
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