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Every one of us, consciously or unconsciously, affects the objects and people around us, including ourselves, on a continual basis. Think about the expression 'laughter is contagious.' Well, sure it is! How do you feel when you are around happy, laughing people? Usually, you cant help but feel good yourself right?. All emotions are energy and energy passes from one body to another; from one object to another; matter to matter. Laughter is contagious! You clear your house of negative energies and replace them with positive ones. Laugh once in a while. Promise. It'll help. :)

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    Monday, June 23, 2008
    are you man enough....TO BE A NURSE?

    My sister is a geriatric nurse dealing with dying patients. I can tell you, that emotions runs all over the place, the feeling is so eerie and you get goosebumps all over your body. A stream of melancholic ambiance smothers the whole center and it was such an unpleasant place to be.

    After my clinicals last Monday, I went with my sister to her work, a bit of taste of how my life would be in the future. The patients there have terminal illnesses, so they are predisposed to die anytime of the day. My sister does her normal routine - checking vital signs, giving IV meds, etc. and she whispers something to every single patient as well. I'm sure it isn't part of a nurse's job so while going home I asked her about it.

    "ate, I notice that you whisper something to every dying patient in the convalescent center... is that part of the job?"


    "oh boy. if I have a nickel for every time I hear that question. probably I won't be working now *wink*"


    "it must be hard ain't it? dealing with all those emotions running through. it sucks to be in a building full of dying people. i wonder.


    "yeah definitely, been there. takes a lot of courage... when I was starting, I can't help but always cry, they're so helpless and knowing that you can't heal them anymore adds to the burden."


    "what do you whisper to them then?"


    "When you meet our Creator, Please pray for me, my brothers Jason, Jessie and Lloyd. I'm so privileged to serve you, just as I'm privileged to serve Him.




    This brought me into tears. Serious. Now I'm really motivated becoming a nurse.

    Nurses here in London are needed. Desperately.

    There aren’t enough nurses to meet the needs of our rapidly expanding health care systems. By 2018, roughly half a million nurses will be needed here in England to fill the nursing shortage.

    Nursing provides you a way to make a difference in your life, your patients’ lives, the life of the community in which you serve.

    Nursing is, after all, a service profession.

    You will serve by healing the sick and promoting health in the community. You will serve the disenfranchised of society and those who reside in upscale communities.

    You will be present at the beginning of life and you will be there guiding a patient and their family through the process of dying. You will receive untold rewards from your patients. Perhaps it will be a heartfelt “thank you”. Or a shy smile from a toddler as you hand them a teddy bear. Maybe it will be the satisfaction of watching an anxious patient in pain relax and sleep for the first time in a day.

    But let me tell you the greatest reason for choosing to be a nurse…

    When you walk out of that job, whether it be a hospital, a clinic or a home, you will leave with the knowledge that you made a difference in someone’s life.

    And you will be touched by those same lives.

    I
    n the end, even considering the benefits, the flexibility, the income and the respect you will receive as a nurse…

    Making a difference in your patient’s lives is the best reason of all.



    Become a nurse and touch people's lives. It is the most fulfilling job there is.