I could tell a thing or two about healing,however as is mostly the case peeps dont listen or disagree.

Even with my experience,Im not that eager to share due to the fact that everyone thinks they know better scenario.

Yep you know more than me,Ive only got 20 yrs experience lol!

Physician heal thyself.

and a 20 yr old girl ask "why is he being like that" Oh I say,(hes mad)yes completely dranged actually -fucking mad -no other explanation -and the she cries to her tutor

Have you ever had to wipe bottomms mymoss?from someone that does not want their arse wiped?

all these things are easy to say,nurses have to do these kind of things.

we get into the nitty gritty of illnesses

and yes I think I even do these things in a compassionate manner,

Gets on my nerves though this offensive righteosness from people that think they know about stuff

Nice one Acorn,

I actually dont know How I do it!

Its maybee empathy or something

When I go to courses I honestly feel like teaching the teachers

Its an art,I doubt you could teach it

you are right again Boogie,Its about dignity.

I know I do this in thhe best way-Patients actually ask me-ask for me too take them to the loo!!

Its all about underrstanding really -thats all it is -Its simpple

No Yota I haven't done much cleaning of bottoms except for crying babies. I would be tempted to hold the wipe near their nose in case they didn't know what was going on, but I don't know if that would be helpful. I did that to a granddaughter and she settled down, but thereafter would take off her own dirty diaper, leaving it wherever and go sit on the couch to watch TV.

I practiced children's dentistry in a public health clinic for about 14 yrs and suffered burnout and 'retired' early due to 'screamers' and personal life crises. I now love looking after flowers, that don't require anesthetic before you cut them.

Doing something we love is good for our health. Since leaving my government jobs (I also was in the Can. Army Dental Corps, who paid for my education) where I had sick pay, I have missed very few days of work. The exception was in 2002 when I was off from KFC for 6 weeks for colon cancer surgery. I know God was with me thru it all because, as I was about to be put under for the op, I thought "I will wake up - either in heaven or in the recovery room so all is well". I believe thoughts like that come from God.

I think there is a lot of truth in this. The Bible talks about us all having different gifts and I'm one of those who actually thinks this is true!! Going back to this:

I think gifts of healing are many and varied. But I think that empathy/compassion is an important one and I would agree with Yota that this comes much more easily to some people than to others.

However, I also think that our experiences of illness and of caring for others also help us. I know that I have a great deal more confidence in this area now than I did when I was a painfully shy 19-year-old volunteer carer with no nursing experience...

So I think both our gifts and what we learn from one another are important.

And then I think that how we relate to God can also be important in making us a channel for healing. And I think this because I believe God is the source of all life and healing, so being open to God has got to be a good thing!

Yes - absolutely! It comes back to this business of having different gifts. If we are doing and being what God intended us to do and to be, then I think we are much more likely to be content. And contentment is one of the many things that helps us to keep well... and hence helps us to keep others well too!!

(ETA: cross posted with Jools)