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In the warm weather, it’s wonderful to feel like outside is a wonderful alternative. Often, it offers a welcome reprieve. You can go outside to take a walk, to sit in the backyard, to enjoy nature’s blooms.

In a caregiving role, though, you can feel like you’re often on the outside. You may feel on the outside of life—of activities, events, discussions, experiences. Caregiving can pull you so far in, that you can’t see your way out.

Enjoy the outside knowing that you have the the inside tract on the secret of life. You know that life is about being there for those who need you. That life is meaningful when your actions match your values. That while others may choose to live only on the outside, you choose to live fully inside and out.

Go outside. You have what the world needs.

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  1. Sharon

    August 2, 2010

    Beautiful, Denise. Thank you.

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