tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post4269363484627395454..comments2023-06-06T06:49:04.399-07:00Comments on Cinder Bridge: Unnatural caregiving?cinderkeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post-5982662286975905222008-05-29T17:00:00.000-07:002008-05-29T17:00:00.000-07:00Some people are natural caregivers, becoming wonde...Some people are natural caregivers, becoming wonderful mothers, nurturers, nurses, and so on. Some people fancy themselves so when they are actually terribly self-interested. Some, though, learn early on that they're lacking the tools to apply their natural compassion and study life, and others, in order to become caregivers. And some lack compassion, or are simply too wrapped up in themselves to ever give. It's a wide, wide spectrum.DeppityBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03739975299662947480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post-11647274456851425882008-05-22T21:07:00.000-07:002008-05-22T21:07:00.000-07:00I don't know if someone to whom caregiving doesn't...I don't know if someone to whom caregiving doesn't come naturally can become a "natural" caregiver, but I firmly believe that they can become a <I>good</I> caregiver. I suspect it involves a lot of patience, resolve, and stoicism.<BR/><BR/>I also suspect those traits are crucially abundant in so-called "natural" caregivers, but it's preferable to imagine that they possess a nurturing aura which somehow lightens their burden.David Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02416064825544118818noreply@blogger.com