I think kindness is undervalued. We lump it with words like "nice" and "good" which are often used to describe a state of being. But when I think of kindness, I don't think of an internal state, I think of its expression.
Thank God for his hernia.
Alejandrino Alvarez will forever thank God that his hernia caused him so much pain and swelling that he finally made an appointment with a doctor a year later. Though the hernia was the patient's cause of pain, our team knew that the priority was to rule out the possibility of cancer.
Including and loving our own.
Belonging. It's what we all want deep down, inclusion. Belonging is being loved for exactly who you are, being seen and valued, being cared for.
Unexpected news can be received in a variety of ways. Our response to the unexpected exposes the genuine state of our emotional and spiritual life, and informs the employ of our coping skills. How are we going to handle "x" ?