When I find myself feeling as though I’m slipping into that dark place of depression, I know I must respond swiftly with my tools. Tools which act as a means of coping. I know if I seek out positive affirmations I have a chance of pulling out of that forlorn state. Affirmations within the lyrics [...]
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26 Jun
To Feel Joy Again
“Visions for those too tired to sleep. These seeds cast a film over eyes which weep.”
– Amy Lowell
Many of us have struggled with depression during our lives. Many of us have also felt shame when we were depressed, as if we were lazy or weren’t trying hard enough.
But that isn’t true. The causes [...]
20 Jun
Respect Whatever Life Brings Us
“What we don’t know supports what we do know.” — Bill Moyers
One way we show respect for ourselves and others is by respecting whatever life brings us. What prevented that in the past was our preoccupation with everything that prevented us from having our own way. Now, we live lives on a different rhythm: one [...]
16 Jun
God Loves Me Because I’m Human Not Despite It
“For so it must be, and help me to do my part.” — A Tibetan Master
It’s been said that God exists only in the present. That means we must live in the present if we are to find God. In God’s eyes, we are worthy and lovable as we are, today. ‘God never rejects part [...]
13 Jun
To Change Ourselves
“What we love we shall grow to resemble.” — Bernard of Clairvaux
There comes a day when we realize that looking for external solutions to our problems just won’t work. How vain has been the time and energy spent looking for the perfect mate or partner, the perfect job, the perfect life. So instead, we [...]
3 Jun
Delight in Knowledge, Explore, Persevere and Stumble Upon Wisdom
“”A poet begins in delight and ends in wisdom.” – Robert Frost
Artists deepen our sense of wonder because they have retained the ability to see life with a delighted eye. They know that nothing is too particular or minute to take pleasure in if we give ourselves time to pause and look. The world is [...]
1 Jun
Finish!
“God alone can finish.” — John Ruskin
We may have been brought up with the idea that we always had to finish something we started – a meal, a painting, a piece of work, a letter. In many cases this went along with our distorted notions of perfectionism: if something is going to be done, it [...]
25 May
I Quit
“I quit smoking.” — Me
I’ve considered myself to be a smoker since the age of twelve. My cousin Randy and I would sneak cigarettes from our parents and smoke them as we walked to school each morning. Back then, cigarettes cost no more that seventy-five cents from the vending machine at the local bowling alley. [...]
25 May
Better Bend Than Break
There’s an old fable about the competition between the reed and the oak during a gale storm. As the wind howled, the oak boasted, while the reed said nothing. The wind became a tempest, and the reed bent down flexibly to the ground. The oak fell, uprooted.
Sometimes we seem strong but we are [...]
24 May
What I Want is to be Myself Again
I’m learning that when we lose faith in our feelings, we lose faith in ourselves and become outer-directed. That is, we look to the world to tell us how to feel and what to do. We seek approval and love from others so we can prove to ourselves that we are worthy. Paradoxically, to be [...]
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