Nice people make me cry

SOS (1)I’ve always struggled with getting emotional when people are unexpectedly or extraordinarily nice-when a stranger goes out of their way to do something nice for me or someone else.

It can be embarrassing to tear up when these things happen.

Look, I don’t mean I cry when someone holds open a door for me. It has to be more than that. Here’s a recent example. [Read more…]

Nice Nurse: The Importance of Compassionate Care

compassionate care graphicImagine riding in a car with your friends, and everything goes black. The next thing you know, you are lying somewhere, but you can’t see. You’re in indescribable pain. You can’t speak. You can’t move your head.

Then you feel a soft touch on your hand and arm, and a caring voice explains that you were in a car accident. This person squeezes your hand and says, “I’m here.”

Those two words make a world of difference.

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