{"id":1624,"date":"2016-06-03T16:09:55","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T16:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hancockregionalhospital.org\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2016-06-03T16:09:55","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T16:09:55","slug":"improving-connection-others-around-us-practicing-spirituality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/fr\/2016\/06\/improving-connection-others-around-us-practicing-spirituality\/","title":{"rendered":"Am\u00e9liorer notre connexion avec les autres autour de nous en pratiquant la spiritualit\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container mx-auto   wordpress-block wordpress- core-\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Article-start-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Whether patients, visitors or our fellow employees, being mindful of empathy and compassion goes a long way to the happiness of others.<\/p>\n<p>Providing healthcare is a deeply personal work and therefore, I believe, a deeply spiritual work.\u00a0 This is why I believe it can be one of the most rewarding and challenging of vocations.<\/p>\n<p>At one time, Chaplaincy Services offered staff retreats called\u00a0Renewal Days.\u00a0 One of the features was a video by National Geographic award-winning photographer Dewitt Jones entitled\u00a0For the Love of It.\u00a0 Jones concludes the video by encouraging viewers to \u201cchase the light.\u201d\u00a0 He knows from experience how a good photo becomes a great one when the light is right.<\/p>\n<p>My wife snapped this photo of me this past April 2nd.\u00a0 That\u2019s the Sea of Galilee at mid-morning looking northwest toward the country of Lebanon.\u00a0 The Kingdoms of Jordan and Syria are to my back.\u00a0 What you don\u2019t see in the picture is that there was a chill wind and I was fighting a head cold.\u00a0 My pocket was stuffed with tissues at the ready.\u00a0 Why did I leave my jacket back in my room!<\/p>\n<p>Galilee was where Jesus engaged in much of his early ministry.\u00a0 His good friend John records him once saying, \u201cIt is the Spirit that gives life.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Light\u00a0has been a symbol of positive spirituality through generations and across cultures.\u00a0 Hence the phrase \u201ctheir eyes\u00a0lit up.\u201d\u00a0 My eyes lit up over and over during those ten days in Israel because I was constantly in the presence of what mattered to me.\u00a0 Whenever a vacation or wedding or a patient encounter lights us up, it is a spiritual experience.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Frederic C. Craigie is a clinical psychologist and medical educator at Dartmouth Medical School.\u00a0 He identifies three ways which we can \u201cchase the light\u201d and practice a positive spirituality in our work.\u00a0 First, you\u00a0<strong>practice personal spirituality<\/strong>\u00a0when you stay connected to what matters to you.\u00a0 This has to do with purpose, character, and commitment.\u00a0 The more intentional we are about this the better.\u00a0 You can tell something meaningful is happening whenever there is passion and enthusiasm (i.e.\u00a0inspired by a god).\u00a0 How can you connect with what matters to you?\u00a0 I suggest that you pick up a pen and do two things:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Write a paragraph or two about what or who got you into healthcare or how you came to work at Hancock.<\/li>\n<li>Write your epitaph (and then live up to it.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Secondly,\u00a0<strong>practice clinical spirituality<\/strong>\u00a0by connecting with what matters to those you serve.\u00a0 In healthcare, our central task is to understand and support the concerns of our patients and families.\u00a0 It\u2019s one thing to fix a broken arm in a gentle and effective manner.\u00a0 It\u2019s another thing to empathize with why that arm is important (a job that needs doing, a child who needs guidance, a spouse who needs hugging).\u00a0 What matters to them may or may not involve religious beliefs.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to become everyone\u2019s best friend or personally affirm everything they value, but something healing happens when I know the person who is with me gets me.\u00a0 Rather than giving advice, she helps me own my heart in a fresh way.<\/p>\n<p>Thirdly,\u00a0<strong>practice corporate spirituality<\/strong>\u00a0by connecting with the shared energy of the people who work around you.\u00a0 An organization is an intentional grouping of people and thereby has a soul just as people do.\u00a0 We normally call it\u00a0culture, atmosphere, tone or environment.\u00a0 Research shows that healthcare organizations that pay attention to organizational soul do better than those that do not with respect to employee retention, patient satisfaction, performance improvement and process measures, and health care outcomes.\u00a0 From the longest tenured among us to the newest hire, we can\u00a0tend the tribal fire\u00a0by recommitting to a sense of mission, respecting and empowering each other, and cultivating a spirit of community and caring.\u00a0 Sooner or later, others who share our heart will find us!<\/p>\n<p>Shabbat shalom.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Article-Finish-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether patients, visitors or our fellow employees, being mindful of empathy and compassion goes a long way to the happiness of others. 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