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Life is a rhythm. I feel the rhythm of my heart, the rhythm of my breathing. I imagine my internal organs function on a rhythm – blood flowing through arteries and veins, kidneys purifying the blood, muscles expanding and contracting, eyes blinking. Life is a rhythm. The rhythm of flowing rivers, sunshine and cloudiness, ebbContinue reading “Life is a rhythm”

I know well two daughters, full time caregivers of their mothers who suffer from dementia. For several weeks, I witness the light of patience, care and compassion emanating from the words and actions of these daughters.  Even when stretched to the limit by the uncontrollable and unpredictable actions of their mothers, they bend like coconutContinue reading “Sacrifice and Light”

I had a painful conversation with a health care worker. Her eyes communicated physical and emotional weariness. Working non-stop, without vacation since the start of the Corona Virus pandemic. Struggling to balance work, family, church, and personal responsibilities. Her daily clothing is the feeling of being overwhelmed. Underneath her clothing is a painful moral/spiritual dilemmaContinue reading “Christ Like Figures of Health Care Workers”

Like a house, the physical heart has doors called valves. Opening and closing, they rhythmically allow blood in and out of the heart. Like an automatic glass sliding door, these valves open and close, open and close for our entire life.  They permit just the ideal volume of blood into the heart chamber; just theContinue reading “Doors of the Human Heart”

I visited the supermarket, shopped, and exited. While hurrying to escape the ants nests of pre-Christmas shoppers, I failed to secure by wallet in the back pocket of my pants.  Precariously juggling two boxes of items in my hands, I neglected either to hear someone saying, “Your wallet is falling out”, or to recognize thatContinue reading “Beggars – Sacrament of the Divine”

I reunited with my godson this past weekend.  What a pleasure it was to engage him in an adult constructive and mature conversation! No longer am I the sole teacher. We are now both teachers and learners.  During the conversations, our own learning styles were discussed and clarified. His learning style is predominantly auditory. HeContinue reading “Comfort Zone”

I sat on the verandah this cool and calm Saturday morning with my mother reminiscing and recalling the names of persons who lived in my childhood neighbourhood. My mother‘s elephant-like memory afforded her the opportunity to retrace the well-worn tracks of time and identify a litany of persons who have trodden those paths, some ofContinue reading “Everybody gone, gone, gone!”

James Keenan writes that “mercy is entering the chaos of another.” On a COVID-19 pandemic flight from Port of Spain to Miami, I witnessed mercy in the action of a mother of two – a toddler in arms and another about four years old.  Our seats were next to each other like dominoes on aContinue reading “Mother Mercy”

What does COVID-19 pandemic management and Road Management have in common? I sat on a chair by the window of my hotel room looking out as the morning sun, partially blocked by the hotel building, casts a shadow on a major highway intersection. The intersection is like a spider web with several lanes crisscrossing overContinue reading “Covid and Road Management”