To Whom It May Concern -

  Laguna Honda Hospital

—I’ve been a long term resident/patient at Laguna Honda Hospital for many years. I had a couple strokes and heart attacks along the way. I lived for a time in the old Laguna Honda Hospital and the new in 2010. I remember when Dr. Sweet wrote her book, ‘’God’s Hotel,’’ about LHH. As a matter-of-fact, Dr. Sweet was my doctor, for a time.

—Over the years, I’ve seen many people come and go at LHH. Recently, we have been told other arrangements are being made for the residents/patients…as our funding has been terminated and the powers-that-be are closing down the hospital. This news has horrified many people…residents/patients and staff alike. We aren’t quite sure when this news was made public, but many of us were blindsided by this. It’s like having the rug pulled out from under us.

—Many have asked - Why? What happened? It seems a couple patients overdosed, so the hospital has been defunded heading for a close down. A few years ago there were some employees floating around compromising photos of residents/patients. Those incharge of Social Security have decided that enough is enough. Defund them and shut them down.

—A very sad end to this as there are many, many employees & residents/patients who had no clue that this was happening and really didn’t even know that they were talking about our hospital when this was on the news. Hearing of the closing, one began talking about pushing a shopping cart around Safeway parking lot with his wheelchair asking for spare change. Another speaks of going to live in SFGH emergency room. And, they are not feeling too good on top of it. Not too realistic…but, this reaction or overreaction makes as much sense as closing Laguna Honda Hospital, to some of us.

—Not everyone who enters Laguna Honda ends up as a drug addict or in a compromised photo. Some, who can, actually thrive and do well. Some are actually released and continue on. To the powers-that-be, we need your support. Please find a different way to fix the problems you’re finding that are much less dramatic and traumatic. A lot of good things take place at LHH. Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater. Thank you!

''My LOVE AFFAIR'' - LLH + RC

 ‘’My LOVE AFFAIR’’

A Resident/Patient

Laguna Honda Hospital +

Rehabilitation Center

A Place That Is Kind To Me,

As I Am Kind To It.

A Place That Appreciates Me,

When I Need To Be Appreciated.

A Place That Treats Me Well Most ALL The Time!

A Place That Teaches Me Creative Ways 

To Deal With My Emotions.

A Place That Helps Me To Express Myself 

In Ways That I Will Best Be Understood.

A Place To Give Me Value

When The World Seems In Short Supply.

A Place That Helps Me To Get My Needs Met

When My Needs Are NOT Always Clear To Me.

A Place That Treats Me Kindly

When The World Shows Me It Is Running Low.

A Place That Is Willing To Hear Me

When I Need To Be Heard.

A Place That Helped Me To Physically Adjust 

When I Had My Strokes.

A Place Willing To Help Me Quiet

After My Heart Attacks.

A Place That Is Very Willing To Work With Me

As I Battle My Anxieties.

A Place That Takes Me Seriously

And Laughs With Me When I Need To Laugh.

It’s A Place That Helps Me To Be A Me

That We ALL Can Seem To Deal With.

Please Don’t Close Laguna Honda Hospital

I Don’t Know If I Will Find A Place

That So Readily Accepts Me As I Am!

The TRANSFORMATIVE POWER of CLASSICAL MUSIC - BEN ZANDER

 

YOU WILL BE AMAZED AT HOW TRANSFORMATIVE THIS IS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO TEND TO BE CLUELESS IN THIS AREA.  

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

LISTEN FOR ABOUT FOUR MINUTES and THEN DECIDE. I THINK YOU WILL BE HOOKED. LISTEN TO THE WHOLE THING. I PREDICT CLUELESS WILL CHANGE TO SURPRISE. THIS IS GREAT!

A CHRISTMAS CAROL by CHARLES DICKENS

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

by

CHARLES DICKENS

The STORY

CLICK ABOVE

A GOOD READ/LISTEN for

The NEW YEAR

As Tiny Tim Says,

''Bless Us ALL...EVERYONE!''

 

IMPORTANT: MEETING REAL NEEDS!

CLICK THOUGHTOON!

 

HOMELESS VS HOUSELESS

 

 ---About 4 or 5 years ago, I wrote an Article for ''Voices At Bay'' (a Michael Wise Publication.) It was called Homelessness vs. Houselessness. The point I was trying to make was that people seem to use the terms as being the same, while the two are very different. In our City, in particular, the term Homeless really speaks about those who are Houseless.
---Houseless means that we don't have a dwelling, a place to put our things, a place to sleep, hang our hat, get our mail, etc. Homeless can be a very different situation or ''condition.''. It can be a person who is not at Home, whether he has a House or not. There is a warm feel to the place we call our ''Home.''
---I am sure we have ALL experienced people who seem at Home, no matter where they are. They are generally comfortable with themselves and comfortable to be around. They are at ''Home'' with themselves.
---It comes down to ones acceptance of his circumstances and the situations he finds himself and, when we go a bit deeper, we can see that is the acceptance of ones ownself, or self-acceptance. After all, ''Home is where the Heart is.''        

---I made the analogy that some people can be at ''Home'' in a ''Cardboard Box'', while there can exist a feeling of Homelessness living in a ''Mansion.'' Feeling at Home where you are at, is a very good way to feel. To be at your most comfortable self, no matter what the circumstance, beats having a seemingly nice circumstance, but it doesn't fit who you really are.. You can feel out of place in the best of places. Like being ''alone in a crowd.''

---The hospital has become the House we live in and is Home to some. The same rules apply here as well. By this, I mean, the more accepting we are of our situation, improves the situation. Continually resisting doesn't seem to work. Know what battles to fight and know the ''best'' way to make the changes you see as necessary. Know ''when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em.''
---I, myself, spent over a week at UCSF, recently. It was all well and good, but when I was released and was brought up the driveway at LHH, I felt like I was coming ''Home.'' I felt more at peace, and there was a familiarity, even with residents I don't know very well, but see around. I found that somehow this ''House'' [LHH] had become my ''Home.'' I can't tell you when it exactly happened. I gave up the place where I had lived in SF, since 1982, about two years ago. The stroke I had June 2, 2002, changed all that.       
---I am aware that there is a temporariness to the circumstance and situation, as ALL things, in time, have that quality. ''All Things do Pass.'' For now, this is the place I call ''Home'', and it seems like a good place to work on being at ''Home with Yourself.'' See you at the ''Candy'' Store or ''Truckin'' the hallways. Be Well and Happy Holidays.
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(WRITTEN IN 2006) 

''It ONLY MATTERS If YOU MIND!''

THIS IS MY LATEST YOUTUBE

SLIDESHOW/VIDEO

''It ONLY MATTERS If YOU MIND!''

Mind Over Matter - Self-Acceptance

Published - (August, 2021)