DailyGood: Lessons From Caring For Strangers

If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another. --Tenzin Gyatso Fact of the Day: In 1973, Charles Garfield discovered a lost civilization in San Francisco: the occupants of cancer wards in hospitals, hordes of anxious people facing a limited life span, whose social and psychological needs were going unmet by their well-meaning, but largely ignorant caregivers. Turning to volunteers, Garfield trained over 15,000 to provide sophisticated emotional support to the seriously and terminally ill. [ more ] Be The Change: Truly empathize with someone who's going through a difficult time today. Share A Reflection! tell a friend | archives | unsubscribe a service of CharityFocus 105062 subscribers Rate: