"In order to be whole, suspend your criticism. For life is not a matter of taste, but of awakening, not a matter of finding things pleasing or disturbing, but of finding things completing, not a matter of liking or disliking, but of opening the geography of one's soul." Mark Nepo Where is the balance -- between settling for things and being hypercritical? I know people who have to have things just so: food, lighting, temperature. I watch them and realize that I have tended to settle for what is. Perhaps middle ground is the place to be. It is not good to settle for what is if we can easily ask and have it be better. It is also not good to never be pleased with what conditions are. Today, let us consider not criticizing anything. If we want something different, let's ask for it, and let us be happy with the outcome -- whatever it is. |
This blog is written to provide information and support to persons who are providing care for someone with dementia. A first indicator of dementia is when someone has trouble doing a task once familiar and easy for them. If you have begun to be concerned about someone's memory or cognitive processing, help the person receive a physical exam, to include lab work, and an appointment with a neuropsychologist for an evaluation of memory and cognitive processing.
Feb 19, 2015
Eliminate Criticism
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