by Candyl Eyster | Apr 27, 2015 | Sin categorizar
One of the inescapable realities of human existence is that our lives contain a mixture of triumphs and tragedies. Sometimes good things don’t last long enough and the difficult things last longer than we would like. Sometimes one area of our life is flourishing,...
by Candyl Eyster | Apr 20, 2015 | Sin categorizar
Not too long ago, I had to make a run to CVS in the evening. The store was pretty empty, so when I came up to make my purchase, I asked the cashier how he was doing. He said, “All right, I guess. Tryin’ to make it.” He went on to explain that he had been diagnosed...
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 | 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...
by Candyl Eyster | Mar 16, 2015 | Sin categorizar, inspiration
For any of you who have taken the Myers Briggs Type Indicator at one point or another, it is based on the work of a brilliant psychoanalyst by the name of Carl Gustav Jung. He wrote, “ Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a deeper understanding...
