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Showing Compassion in the Workplace

In every workplace, there are moments when our colleagues may find themselves facing challenges, setbacks, or personal struggles that affect their well-being and performance.
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Finding Delight amid the Gloom

This morning I read the opening lines of a poem by Jack Gilbert: “Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere.” But the poem, “A Brief for the Defense,” gracefully moves on: “. . . we enjoy our lives because that’s what God wants. ...
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Embrace the Quiet

We are surrounded by so much noise on a daily basis. Some of it is unavoidable, some of it is self-imposed. It’s almost as if we’re afraid of the quiet.
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Listening and Asking Questions

The next time you are talking with someone, ask a question. Something like: How did that make you feel? What did you think about that? Why?
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Justice and Solidarity

Dorothy Day was a social activist, pacifist, Catholic worker, and peacemaker. She lived at a time that reflected social injustice against others, and she actively refused to fade into all the noise.
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Here I Am, Lord

“He [Ananias] answered, ‘Here I am, Lord’” (Acts 9:10). The words “Here I am, Lord” are spoken by a variety of people in the Bible, including St. Ananias.
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I Am Sorry for My Grumbling

The Israelites grumbled against the Lord in the desert, even after freeing them from the Egyptians and bringing them safely through the Red Sea. It’s easy to criticize their behavior, but don’t we grumble against the Lord too?
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