depression
November 19, 2009
- I'm living through difficult times right now. Don't worry, I'm OK. But I've been thinking about how we can approach the stuff that life throws at us that we'd rather not catch. Duck! Run away!I'm thinking about three things this morning. The obstacle is the path. Today is a good day. And what comes is a gift.Ezra Bayda reminds us in his books that we often get frustrated by the things that 'get ...
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November 14, 2009
- Not writing, not eating or wanting to (I am bullying myself into eating a meal a day, because I have promises I've made to people, to get things done, and I need fuel to keep those promises).New mantra: I don't care.Maybe if I repeat it often enough, it will assume at least the veneer of truth.
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November 12, 2009
- I looked down into a valley filled with stones. A light breeze rustled my hair, lifted odors of dried and freshly cut flowers to surround me with the mystery of their presence.I think life occasionally demands more than we feel have to give, filling us with doubt, stripping away encouragement leaving us soul-naked to stare into the blank blue sky and seek answers that can only be found by looking ...
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October 14, 2009
- She received the Autumn wind as she opened the window, like an embrace from a loving mother or a passionate lover.. The wind rushed into her still room, full of still objects, fingering her hair and engulfing all of her as if the cool air longed for her warmth, her existence.. Everything danced, the blouses were like they were worn by unseen spirits, the books flapped their papers in ecstasy, ...
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September 26, 2009
- Goodness me, but what an exhausting and severely draining day. Here's today's poem though, which I just had time for this morning:Meditation 228Offering moneyfor the gift of salvationis lambastedto oblivionby the saintedPeter and Johnbut has in factbeen in common usefor centuries sincein the church.Really, the more I do these meditation poems, the more cynical I become, I fear. Church is all too ...
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September 26, 2009
- September 26 SCREAMING LETHARGY The screaming lethargy of being alive after many years of wanting something else, the exhaustion of pulsing, breathing, waves and waves of thinking. Yet as tired as I am, I am. Here without a doubt, I stand. No crawling for I have not fallen, no climbing for I have reached the plain. I wait for the rain to wash over me, the truth to run through me, ...
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September 22, 2009
- Coming home from work today, with more bad news lingering in the air, I wondered how the media can compare what is going on now to "The Great Depression." If the unemployment rate never got higher than a certain percentage and we are coming nearer to that number -- big deal! There are more of us now! Why are we looking at percentages instead of numbers? The recession is coming to an ...
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September 19, 2009
- Italy was kind of fun, I must say - the best thing was just getting away and not having to think about all the other stuff, to be honest. Such a treat. I wouldn't say it was our favourite ever holiday, probably not by a long chalk, but there were some great (and some not so great ...) highlights, including:1. Assisi. It's fabulous - I really loved it, far more than I thought I would. I'd go back ...
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September 3, 2009
- A rather singleminded focus day today, but here's this morning's meditation:Meditation 215He offersnot moneybut healing.Miraculous afternoon.Though sometimes I wonderwhat a lifelonglame beggarmight doin the yearsthat followed after.For most of today, I'm simply been striding determinedly through the edit of Hallsfoot's Battle, attempting to change scene viewpoints and make the final battle ...
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August 19, 2009
- I’m very pleased to be able to tell you that Disasters and Miracles, the new Bible Stories anthology, is now available for purchase atAmazon UK. One of the stories in it is my own The Voyage, based on St Paul’s journey to Rome and his shipwreck in Malta and is told from the point of view of the centurion who took him there. Other stories in the anthology include an animal’s eye view of ...
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