You Are My Sunshine

You Are My Sunshine is about living, not dying. It is a nonfiction book that presents Twelve Comforting Approaches on how to become a Spiritual Hospice, non-medical, patient comforter. Once a comforter has created a trusting relationship with the patient, the goal then is to help restore that person's positive self-perception by identifying and overcoming any concerning physical, mental, and emotional issues he may have. Finally, the instruction focuses upon how to help the patient find peace in his own personal spirituality. Sunshine's guidance dispels our cultural beliefs that have cloaked in darkness the natural business of dying and death. The Approaches include realizing that the decision to choose love over fear is essential in living and in dying. The reader is also shown how to be the love that is given, how to quiet the patient's internal chatter, how to Soul-Blend with the patient for a deeper relationship, and, finally, how to escort his patient-friend across The Bridge in a peaceful transition, one that offers the opportunity to celebrate death as an act of potential rebirth.

You Are My Sunshine is about living, not dying. It is a nonfiction book that presents Twelve Comforting Approaches on how to become a Spiritual Hospice, non-medical, patient comforter. Once a comforter has created a trusting relationship with the patient, the goal then is to help restore that person's positive self-perception by identifying and overcoming any concerning physical, mental, and emotional issues he may have. Finally, the instruction focuses upon how to help the patient find peace in his own personal spirituality. Sunshine's guidance dispels our cultural beliefs that have cloaked in darkness the natural business of dying and death. The Approaches include realizing that the decision to choose love over fear is essential in living and in dying. The reader is also shown how to be the love that is given, how to quiet the patient's internal chatter, how to Soul-Blend with the patient for a deeper relationship, and, finally, how to escort his patient-friend across The Bridge in a peaceful transition, one that offers the opportunity to celebrate death as an act of potential rebirth.

After nearly forty years of teaching, Richard McNeil became a volunteer hospice comforter of over 100 patients. During his ten year journey, he received spiritual guidance that he developed into The Twelve Comforting Approaches to assist dying patients through a peaceful transition. You Are My Sunshine is a compilation of those patients' stories, along with how he implemented his compassionate strategies to enhance the quality of their lives as they passed.