When we do our work with kindness - no matter what kind of work - if we're doing it with presence, we're practicing tikkun olam. Most days, Caleb Wilde is a funeral director, discreetly making burial arrangements and guiding survivors in a time of loss. He writes the popular blog Confessions of a Funeral Director, and recently completed postgraduate work at Winchester University, England, in the program, Death, Religion and Culture. When we practice presence and proximity, we may not change anyone, we may not shift culture or move mountains, but it's a healing act, if for none other than ourselves. Caleb Wilde is a partner at his family’s business, Wilde Funeral Home, in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania, where he lives. A funeral director who finds that he can heal the world even at his family's business. The plumber who makes the inner workings of a house run smoothly is healing the world. Sixth-generation funeral director Caleb Wilde, known for his popular blog Confessions of a Funeral Director, shares this story with us: About a year ago, a husband and wife died about four. The teacher who invests herself in her students is healing the world. A nurse who bathes the weakened body of an elderly patient is healing the world. I want to know the cost of cremation, he said. My name is Dan, the voice on the other end said, in what sounded like the voice of someone in their mid-forties. Every time someone listens to another - deeply listens - she's healing the world. The funeral home’s business line rang and in my normal fashion I answered, Hello. Caleb Wilde is a partner at his family’s business, Wilde Funeral Home, in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania, where he lives. When a mother comforts a child, she's healing the world. As I took that to heart, I started to see small, everyday examples of tikkun olam everywhere. It's about the world that touches you.' Presence and proximity before performance. We are all healers of the world.It's not about healing the world by making a huge difference. It involves all people who have ever been born, all people presently alive, all people yet to be born. Rachel Naomi Remen, in an interview with Krista Tippett, describes it as 'a collective task. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. It became a rallying cry for me in my work as a funeral director. Join Facebook to connect with Caleb Wilde and others you may know. It can be summarized in the phrase "I'm here with you and I love you" and is accomplished through simple acts of presence. “Along the way, I learned the Jewish concept of tikkun olam, which means 'the healing of the world' and is accomplished through presence in the midst of pain.
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