To Our High Desert Family

02 May To Our High Desert Family

On behalf of your Chaplain Team, I want to welcome you to “Chaplain’s Corner”. We pray you all are well and finding the strength and encouragement necessary to sustain you in these unusual times.

I was thinking about a story that I heard some time ago. There was a little boy that lived across the street from an older gentlemen whose wife had just passed away. The little boy decided to go visit the gentleman. A little while later the little boy’s mother looked out her front window to see her son sitting on the lap of the older man out on his front porch. The older man was weeping. Upon returning home, the little boy was asked by his mother, “What did you say to that man?” The little boy replied, “Nothing, I just helped him cry.”

I think that, in many ways, that’s our role as a hospice organization. Of course our goal is to preserve and maintain dignity of life and give support to our patients and their families, but many times the best thing we can do is just listen, lend a hand, or even help them “cry.”

It doesn’t matter which discipline you represent. Whether you’re an RN, CNA, SW, Chaplain, Office-Manager, or even an MD; our call extends beyond our license or credentials, into that of loving and caring for humanity. You may never know the full impact, or the mark you make on someone’s life. You may never know the importance of that smile, kind word, or that warm embrace you give to a family member (taking all “social distancing” regulations into consideration of course).

When you go the extra mile for someone, it has an exponential affect that only that patient or family may feel. It makes what we “do” worth “doing”. We get an opportunity to invest in others that many do not get in other occupations. I want to encourage you today to keep up the great work. You have a unique gift. It’s YOU. You’re the only one who can be you. So, be the best you possible.

Encouragement From The Scriptures

Psalm 121

1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—
Where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
The Maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not let our foot slip—
He who watches over you will not slumber;
4 Indeed, He who watches over Israel
Will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord watches over you—
The Lord is your shade at your right hand;
6 The sun will not harm you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord will keep you from all harm—
He will watch over your life;
8 The Lord will watch over your coming and going
Both now and forevermore.