Dear Friend,

Greetings from blossoming Colorado! Welcome back to Sip of Soup, my free bi-monthly E-sip offering a taste of insight and lessons to help you keep caring while living a more balanced life.

Sip of Soup - May/June 2007

Positivity TM Power May is Nurses Month, and since the majority of my E-sip subscribers benevolently care for others, I want to devote this edition to honoring you, my colleagues, for all you give and do. This poem from the last chapter of Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul, sums up what a gift you are to this world! To the Nurses of the World You evangelists of encouragement, you are so much more than you know. You have never let what you couldn't do stop you from doing all you could do. You are sales people, your briefcases are filled with a product called hope. You are explorers, knowing that once you have gone as far as you can see, you will still see farther. You are singers spreading the melody of consideration. You are lawyers making a case for life. You are authors helping others add more pages to their book of memory. You are comedians dispensing the medicine of laughter. You are magicians creating real miracles that inspire patients and families. Like King Arthur and Joan of Arc, you are warriors battling against the villains of negativity. Dorothy would have reached Oz much faster in the company of one nurse. For no one can practice your profession unless they already possess a brain brimming with wisdom, boundless courage, and a heart filled with love. You are living proof that humanity is created in the image and likeness of God, and the name of that God is Love. John Wayne Schlatter

Lessons from LeAnn Please send this verse on to every nurse you know. Print if off for the bulletin board at work. Read it, then read it again, to more fully realize how much you are appreciated. For every hand you have held, for every candle you have lit, the world-and I-say thank you!

Soup for the Day; a healthy quote: Work is love made visible. - Kahlil Gibran * to have LeAnn speak at your hospital or organization, see her website at NurseRecruitmentandRetention.com or call her toll-free at 877-THIEMAN (877-844-3626) Nurse Recruitment and Retention

Positively yours,

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A Sip of Soup is written by LeAnn Thieman; nurse, certified speaking professional and co-author of the New York Times bestseller Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul, and also Chicken Soup for the Caregiver's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Christian Woman's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Father and Daughter Soul, Chicken Soup for the Grandma's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul 2 and Chicken Soup for the Mother and Son Soul. To have her inspire your team members, or to order her books, CD's and DVD's contact LeAnn at 1-877-THIEMAN or www.LeAnnThieman.com.