{"id":4504,"date":"2013-01-17T05:56:24","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T10:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/?p=4504"},"modified":"2013-01-17T06:00:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T11:00:32","slug":"the-hospice-diaries-transcending-the-traditional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2013\/01\/the-hospice-diaries-transcending-the-traditional.html","title":{"rendered":"The Hospice Diaries: Transcending the Traditional"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This morning, as I lie in bed, contemplating what the next few days might bring forth on all planes–physically, emotionally, intellectually, spiritually–what the days could look like, I begin to wonder how I could possibly best manage to “enjoy” them.<\/p>\n

As I contemplate how to cope with moving my mother from hospital to hospice, the word “creativity” bubbles to the surface.<\/p>\n

cre\u00b7a\u00b7tiv\u00b7i\u00b7ty<\/strong> – [kree-ey-tiv-i-tee] \/ noun (source: dictionary.reference.com)<\/p>\n

The ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc.; originality, progressiveness, or imagination: the need for creativity in modern industry; creativity in the performing arts.<\/em><\/p>\n

Precisely!\u00a0 I set my intention to transcend all that is traditional; to question the agreed upon realities–the thoughts, feelings, patterns, relationships that our culture has embedded into my mind (our minds) about death, dying, hospice, family, love, self.\u00a0\u00a0 I set my mind to create new meaningful ideas and expressions, to utilize the most under-utilized resource that humans have: the imagination.<\/p>\n

I breathe and imagine.\u00a0 I imagine how it feels to be soothed and comforted.\u00a0 I am strengthened by the calm.\u00a0 I imagine slowly and carefully moving through the day, perhaps slipping once or twice into a dark spot, but always able to catch myself and, once again, find calm.\u00a0 Serenity and peacefulness are there once more to comfort.\u00a0 While my inner-resources are sometimes obfuscated by clouds, I realize that they are always there for the taking.\u00a0 I need only remember that they are there.<\/p>\n

In knowing this to be true, in knowing that I have the ability access serenity, which enables me to clear a path to be fully present in these most extraordinary days, I am able to find satisfaction; to “enjoy.”<\/p>\n

Spread the word–NOT the icing!<\/p>\n

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