About me...right. So much to say, so little white-space.
Vocationally - been a Registered Nurse for 27+ years; looking to use my passion for writing, my studies in mythology, comparative religion and neuroscience, and my practice in Buddhism to make a jump
+ more bio informationHad I been asked to write in favor of life insurance 10 years ago, I probably would have scoffed and offered some clich and disparaging remarks about what a racket and scam life insurance is. Here's to the perspective gained through age and maturity. Having witnessed the sudden deaths of good friends who died unexpectedly, or... More..
The keys to success in nursing stem from within, from within our heart and mind and how we show up at the bedside. While the skill sets and the knowledge base are absolute necessities, as are the willingness to engage humankind in its suffering, pain, joy and fortitude of spirit; the greatest key that we can have, the one tha... More..
A recipe for a happy life is within our grasp, but a guarantee for a long life? It seems like these two characteristics need to be separated and discussed individually. Happiness resides within our mind and our perceptions of the world; it's a matter of our views on life and how we encounter it. Even in the most difficul... More..
Where is the happiness that exists outside of oneself? Is it in success and not in failure? Is it in wealth and not poverty? Is it in beauty and not ugliness? If happiness were an inherently existing quality to be found in any of these outer phenomena, then there would be more happy business people in the world and there woul... More..
As healthcare practitioners, we are often asked to put aside our own needs, comforts and preferences in deference to those of our patient or client. But there's a difference between doing so because it is our obligation, or even because we are concerned about the clinical outcomes, and because we truly believe that our patien... More..
Jerome Stone
Boulder, Colorado US
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