by Candyl Eyster | Apr 13, 2015 | Sin categorizar
A recent episode of NBC’s The Night Shift medical drama played out one of life’s most dramatic and agonizing struggles – what medical measures to take or not take for someone who’s incapacitated and unable to relay his or her wishes. This storyline featured a...
by Candyl Eyster | Apr 13, 2015 | Sin categorizar
“Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product” ~Eleanor Roosevelt When I was a teenager, I used to go fishing off the coast of the island of Guam in a boat with my father. I remember seeing the horizon as we set out and thinking that it didn’t look all...
by Candyl Eyster | Apr 6, 2015 | inspiration, Spiritual Care
“What is a soul? It’s like electricity – we don’t really know what it is, but it’s a force that can light up a room.” ~ Ray Charles We have become a people who must see, touch, taste, feel, or hear something to believe it to be true or real. If...
by Candyl Eyster | Mar 30, 2015 | inspiration, Spiritual Care
Barbara Kingsolver wrote, “Be still, and the world is bound to turn herself inside out to entertain you. Everywhere you look, joyful noise is clanging to drown out quiet desperation.” There is a reason that we find references to the power of stillness and being in...
by Candyl Eyster | Mar 23, 2015 | Sin categorizar, grief, inspiration
I have been to a lot of Suncoast Hospice Community Memorial Services, but every time I leave feeling profoundly impacted and grateful. To see busy hospice professionals taking time out of their day to come and pitch in with taking down names or directing traffic or...
