Caregiving Can Be Full of Joy

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” This quote holds so much meaning in that it so truthful. To care for others is a beautiful thing. Care can be given in so many ways whether it is small or large. All types of care matter and can make the biggest difference in someone’s life. To be able to care for a person is one of the best things you could do for someone. Caring for one another in the world we live in is necessary. Everyone deals with adversities at some point in their lives and at that point is when we realize that we need someone the most. To get a better understanding of different aspects of caregiving I turned to the bible and a few other readings. Caregiving can be full of joy but also be very stressful at the same times. Care giving must be seen more as a privilege rather than a prison. It is also of importance to practice simple ways of giving care. These simple gestures can mean a lot to a person in need. The nursing occupation as a whole is caregiving. Being a nursing student I see the significance of what care can do. There are many different aspects of caregiving and I am going to discuss a few. Caring is seen in different ways around the world.

In the bible there are many verses in relation to caregiving. Caregiving is such an essential part of life that it is necessary for us to understand these verses in their entirety. The bible shares a story and in that story there is an example of caregiving. “A lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, ‘Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘what is written in the Law? How do you read it?’ And he answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all yo...

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...ts because it’s “cheating”. Never cheat the Universe, always be authentic in everything you do – only then will it acknowledge and reward you for your good deeds.

Being a nurse is something that involves a lot of care.

It’s such a beautiful surprise to find genuinely caring people in this world. You instantly feel the warmth of their hearts and the purity of their minds. Caring, however, is not easy to develop in most people and people tend to either care too much or too little. In some cultures, like Indian culture, caring is not encouraged because of the neediness of people. In other cultures, however, caring is met with gratitude and thankfulness. If you want to open up to caring, you have to ask the Universe to open your heart to it. When you become a caring person, you will gradually have a reliable and good circle of friends who will, too, care for you.