![]() Nobody who wants to be a funeral director will make it. 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. by Caleb Wilde in You Want to Be a Mortician One. He and his work have been featured in top media outlets including The Atlantic, Time, The Washington Post, Salon, Forbes, NPR, NBC, ABC’s 20/20, and Vice. 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. About the Author CALEB WILDE is the award-winning author of Confessions of a Funeral Director and a sixth-generation funeral director. 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. But in his off hours Wilde has another, less. The teacher who invests herself in her students is healing the world. Most days, Caleb Wilde is a funeral director, discreetly making burial arrangements and guiding survivors in a time of loss. It’s not a job nor is it just a profession this business is a lifestyle. It’s a commitment that’s intended to last. It isn’t something you want in the way that you want a boy/girlfriend or a new car. A nurse who bathes the weakened body of an elderly patient is healing the world. by Caleb Wilde in You Want to Be a Mortician One. Every time someone listens to another - deeply listens - she's healing the world. 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. In a culture so unable to talk about death, he tweets to feel less alone. We are all healers of the world.It's not about healing the world by making a huge difference. Caleb Wilde, a sixth-generation funeral director, will bury many of his friends and family in his small town. 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. It became a rallying cry for me in my work as a funeral director. 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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