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Jan 17, 2011
"If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another." --Tenzin Gyatso
Lessons From Caring For Strangers
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.
BE THE CHANGE
Truly empathize with someone who's going through a difficult time today.
