Daily Devotion - Tuesday, June 8

Those Who Care, Day 2

“I believe in people who care.
I believe the work they do
Is both deceptively simple and unusually difficult.
Their task is to offer those who so need it something irreplaceable:
Their own humanness.
They bestow a priceless gift:
Themselves, and the best of themselves.
They approach the other holding out what they have to offer:
Their sensitivity, their belief, their dedication.
They bring into the open what they choose not to hide:
Their woundedness, their honesty, their compassion.”
--James Miller

Today we look at a little more at Jim Miller’s “An Affirmation of Those Who Care.”

Taking time to reflect on Jim’s affirmation can be helpful in a couple of ways. First, it may help us gain a renewed vision for our work. The demands of daily routine have the potential to drain both our regular and our reserve fuel tank. Second, it may help us get in touch with our inner core. We, who enter the caregiving work and stay in it, do so because something deep within is pushing us to offer our humanness and our compassion to another hurting soul.

Today is another day filled with the opportunity to care. Have a blessed day!

--Ben Keckler
06.08.10