Response at lease 100 words

1.

Describe a Time Spirituality was Important in your Life or that of Someone You Love or Cared for (E.G., Family Member, Friend, Patient). Why was it Meaningful in that Situation?

Life has its dull and challenging moment that stretches humanity to take a step back and take a personal reflection driving one to a mindful, spiritual sensation. Spirituality gives people a feeling of hope, calmness, compassion, and gratitude. Spirituality can be achieved through prayer and meditation, among other culturally acceptable traditions (De Blot, 2011). In life, I have come across moments when my spiritualty was challenged, that of family and close friends and family. Back in 2017, my uncle was driving back from work late at night, but he was involved in a greasy road accident. The accident was fatal as he was taken to the hospital unconscious, and he remained in a coma state for over two weeks.

I come from a tight family where we keep close relations with my grandparents, aunts, and uncles. We have dinners and family gatherings, often with all present. My uncle’s accident was a challenge to everyone, especially to his young family of two. As he lay in the hospital unconscious, our family comes together in prayer every Sunday afternoon in my auntie’s house. We all wanted him to recover and go home someday. In silence and gathering, we turned to God in worship and prayers seeking hope and healing over my uncle. I consider this a time when our family spirituality was tested, but we never gave up, because we are a strong Christian family that believes in God’s love, grace, and protection. We also believe that through prayer and a strong belief in God, my uncle recovered and went home.

2. What would you do if a Patient Asked You to Pray with them or Read the Bible or another Holy Book He/She Might Have at the Bedside?

According to De Blot (2011), spirituality and religion are two different things, but they both thrive on the existence of each. Unlike religion, spirituality is a personal affair that does not relies on groups of people’s beliefs to thrive. As a spiritual’s person, I would be willing to read any scripture with a patient despite the difference in religions. I would never feel offended and show any kind of resistance because spirituality a sacred path that people seek purpose and meaning of self, others, and nature. If reading the scripture together with a Muslim patient gives them hope, which attributes to a quick recovery, then I will oblige.

3. There is Something Called Scripting, which is having Something Written and Memorized for Difficult Situations. Write a Prayer or Spiritual Message You Could Use in the in the above Situation. Explain why you chose those words.

“Dear God, thank you for a new day and breathe of life. As we cruise through the day, grant me a favor, safety, good health, and abundance of your love and blessing. Allow positivity and wisdom to follow through the day and protect my family and me from any form of evil. Grant healing to those in need and restore hope to those in defeat. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”

Life brings us a bounty of good, bad, so we all need peace, hope, and God. We need a higher power of guidance to overcome harsh destinies, remain at peace, and make reasonable judgments (Luhrmann & Morgain, 2012). All we need at the end of the day is to count our blessing in joy and calmness. My scripted prayer above helps attract the higher power in my daily doings, invoking the spirit of healing, happiness, and bounty, and introducing calmness in my everyday life. I begin my prayers by showing gratitude for what I have then sought God’s favor in a new day. We all live in fear of bad things, so I seek the higher power to provide and give safety. The prayer keeps me hopeful for a good day.

References

De Blot, P. (2011). Religion and spirituality. In Handbook of spirituality and business (pp. 11-17). Palgrave Macmillan, London.

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057%2F9780230321458_2

Luhrmann, T. M., & Morgain, R. (2012). Prayer as inner sense cultivation: An attentional learning theory of spiritual experience. Ethos, 40(4), 359-389.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260139832_Prayer_as_Inner_Sense_Cultivation_An_Attentional_Learning_Theory_of_Spiritual_Experience