![Hope for the Caregiver artwork](https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts123/v4/cf/21/60/cf21607b-2673-b02c-cbf2-6db85c27ad02/mza_5174782007751843643.jpg/100x100bb.jpg)
Risk Is A Part of Life But Joy Is A Choice
Hope for the Caregiver
English - December 28, 2023 17:08 - 1 minute - 2.01 MB - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality Health & Fitness Mental Health alzheimers disability parkinsons tbi trauma addiction caregiver caregivers caregiving traumaticbraininjury Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
From: A Minute for Caregivers - When Every Day Feels Like Monday
“Happy New Year” can often feel perfunctory and even meaningless in the caregiving world. Most of us know that January 1, 2, 3, etc., usually brings the same challenges as the previous week and year(s).
Yet, although our responsibilities may not change, we can.
While many fall into the trap of ambitious but unrealistic New Year’s Resolutions (I usually give mine up for Lent), caregivers can instead determine to live rather than just survive.
Living, however, requires risks. Life is perilous—despite our culture obstinately working to mitigate all risks (thank the lawyers for that). Isolating to avoid disease, injury, rejection, or failure is no way to live. Nor is avoiding death the same as living.
From gardening to music, anything that involves life, art, and creativity comes with the risk of failure, as do relationships, business ventures—and caregiving.
This year, I intend to push myself to learn, try, accomplish—and even fail—new things. History teaches that risks and heartache remain unavoidable, but joy is a choice.
“It ain’t dying I’m talking about, it’s living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.” —Augustus McCrae, from Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)