Monday, February 05, 2007
Hope Is More Than A Four Letter Word
Dr. Yanez first published this article in The Arizona Networking News. It is being reprinted currently on Norma's Ark with permission of the author.
Does it seem that of late, more and more people are asking for help in what appears to them to be impossible-to-fix situations? This article is being written for those who are advisors in a professional capacity, as well as for lay people.
Please please do not take away your patients' sense of hope. I am not making light of the doom and gloom many are experiencing. War, terrorists, down-sizings, are all taking an increasing toll from Americans. Some rise above it and find new employment. Some, especially older people, just get sick.
HOPE is not just another four letter word. It is an energy thought-form of resistence to defeat, failure, and simply giving up when the going gets very rough. Even if a patient or friend is considered terminally ill with a disease we do not yet know how to treat, doesn't he or she have the right to live life to the fullest capacity?
In our society, the laughter and companionship that a healthy and well-adjusted person may take for granted can halt and/or diminish radically when told, "Go home and put your affairs into order." Suddenly, the laughter and anything remotely resembling light-heartedness disappear and are replaced with an assortment of negative feelings. But just think about this.... was there ever a time when he or she needed love, laughter and companionship more?
By keeping the candle of hope lit for loved ones in dire times, the maximum output and fullest years, months, or even weeks will be easier. I have been told that my smile to a patient has been their only smile of the day. Engaging HOPE into any therapy modality can only help another. Do not settle for less, not for yourself, and not for your loved ones.
Does it seem that of late, more and more people are asking for help in what appears to them to be impossible-to-fix situations? This article is being written for those who are advisors in a professional capacity, as well as for lay people.Please please do not take away your patients' sense of hope. I am not making light of the doom and gloom many are experiencing. War, terrorists, down-sizings, are all taking an increasing toll from Americans. Some rise above it and find new employment. Some, especially older people, just get sick.
HOPE is not just another four letter word. It is an energy thought-form of resistence to defeat, failure, and simply giving up when the going gets very rough. Even if a patient or friend is considered terminally ill with a disease we do not yet know how to treat, doesn't he or she have the right to live life to the fullest capacity?
In our society, the laughter and companionship that a healthy and well-adjusted person may take for granted can halt and/or diminish radically when told, "Go home and put your affairs into order." Suddenly, the laughter and anything remotely resembling light-heartedness disappear and are replaced with an assortment of negative feelings. But just think about this.... was there ever a time when he or she needed love, laughter and companionship more?
By keeping the candle of hope lit for loved ones in dire times, the maximum output and fullest years, months, or even weeks will be easier. I have been told that my smile to a patient has been their only smile of the day. Engaging HOPE into any therapy modality can only help another. Do not settle for less, not for yourself, and not for your loved ones.
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Dear Dr. Yanez,
You give us all hope with your wonderful articles.
Jane and Rocko in Minnesota
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You give us all hope with your wonderful articles.
Jane and Rocko in Minnesota
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