It’s been a while since I put fingers to keys to write anything beyond a short post. I have not blogged or vlogged on our DanCyn’ Adventures channel either. I have been on sabbatical. It was not really planned, it just happened AND it was not paid, other than my regular older adult income. That said it is a beautiful time. I moved as many know to the northern community called Elliot Lake in July 2025. I moved there for financial reasons alongside of the knowing it is marketed as a retirement community. I was there 6 months and settling in only to be invited back with family to help care.
For the past 8 weeks or so I have been living in caring for a loved one. Humbling work of service that reminds how life can get away. I have been doing this kind of work for 20 years, working with people dealing with grief, loss and sadness and, also working hands on care, providing service to those who need help with daily activities of living. These hands, sometimes cold, thankfully more often warm, massage, wash, tend and hold others with compassion and love.
Most recently I watched a $50 bill travel from hand to hand over a few hours as one provided it to another, saying, “give this to …” then the second recipient turning it over to another saying, “here treat yourself to something nice.” Then knowing the nice might be donating it to help a charity. It reminded me how all things in life are a currency. We often think of money as the only currency however there are so many currencies in our day to day lives that we overlook and take for granted. In helping someone, you offer your currency of care and love.
I am reading a book called Sun House by David James Duncan and it is profoundly written in story form bringing the serendipity of life to the forefront. I am currently completing level 2 of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy where we are learning how to care for the soul or spirit as part of the overall psychological living we do. The training is finally speaking to my own heart as it teases out how we are spiritual beings first and religious second. Religiosity is a way of living out our spirituality (outward expression of an inner need) and one can live a full spiritual life without ever touching any traditional religious institution. It takes my breath away how this is finally being taught and seen.
There is so much to life we miss when we are anchored in the social norms or mainstream media and falling beneath the waves of internet searching. We are dumbed down and anaesthetized, or rendered desensitized, to pain and life’s light when we spend time on screens.
Touching the skin of my loved one, holding hands, washing face, cleaning up after a bowel movement are all acts of love so deep that this can be only a currency of spiritual awareness and a humble heart. There is so much more to be grateful for that most people miss. Are you missing out? Reach out to me and let me help you find your spirit and bring your soul into the light.
“if only I could just get up to pee …”
“I would love to have a shower …”
“To be able to feel the cold on my face while I take a walk …”
If you can do any of these be ever so grateful ….
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