Preparing to go write for the day. Yesterday went great and I got chapter 1 finished (19 pages). Great fear again today that I once again have to face somehow. The problem is that I sat down to read everything I have written so far and suddenly I’m not sure I like it. Any ofContinue reading “On Writing, prt. 2: Fear Still”
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Embracing Powerlessness, prt. 2
In my previous post I tried to clearly show that the path to peace is to embrace powerlessness. I showed that we have very little power over most of the things we care most deeply about. The question is how do we actually embrace powerlessness? The answer is as common as it is profound: byContinue reading “Embracing Powerlessness, prt. 2”
On Writing, prt. 1: Facing Fear
I had not planned on blogging at all during this time when I am supposed to be finishing up my book. However, just before I sat down today to begin writing in earnest, I became aware of deep feelings of fear. And I realized that this is part of the process. I never fear writingContinue reading “On Writing, prt. 1: Facing Fear”
On Being a Non-Anxious Presence
Ultimately all you really have to give to another person is yourself. And that is enough. Presence is the most powerful force in the universe, humanly speaking. When I go to hospitals to visit sick and scared people, they already know I can’t fix them and they don’t expect me to. What they really needContinue reading “On Being a Non-Anxious Presence”
Lessons in love from Dexter and Breaking Bad, prt. 2
You are more like Dexter Morgan than you think. In fact you are very, very much like Dexter, and like Walter White. They both have family that they care about, just like you. They both are struggling with who they are, just like you. They both are hiding something, just like you. They both fearContinue reading “Lessons in love from Dexter and Breaking Bad, prt. 2”
Embracing Powerlessness, prt. 3
I said in my last post that in this one I would explore our true power. If you are just coming to my blog and have not read the two earlier posts in this series, please check them out before you read this one, because I am convinced that you will never understand your trueContinue reading “Embracing Powerlessness, prt. 3”
Lessons in love from Dexter and Breaking Bad
If you have not watched either Showtime’s Dexter, or AMC’s Breaking Bad, chances are pretty good you have been living in a hole, but I’ll begin with a quick summary. Dexter tells the story of Dexter Morgan, a handsome, charismatic blood spatter analyst who moonlights as a serial killer, killing only the guilty who wereContinue reading “Lessons in love from Dexter and Breaking Bad”
From the vault: Getting Help With Your Anxiety
It’s not always easy to know when your level of anxiety is “abnormal.” There are four D-words mental health workers use in assessing whether or not a certain behavior or emotion is normal. Danger. Deviance. Distress. Dysfunction. When it comes to anxiety, the last two are particularly helpful. If you need help with your anxiety,Continue reading “From the vault: Getting Help With Your Anxiety”
A is for Anxiety
artwork by Surrealist on Flickr.com I am currently blogging, along with my daughter, all the way through the alphabet. Check out how the idea started, and get the rules here. Anxiety has been one of the guiding forces of my life, determining more about the way I live day to day than almost anything else.Continue reading “A is for Anxiety”
The Shame That Drives Us
The Shame Game By and large, churches are still trying to shame people into right living. Some of the biggest-selling books on Christian living in the past few years are shame-based books. Shame-based books are written by (usually well-intentioned) shame-based people who live shame-based lives and preach a shame-based gospel. You’d think after centuries ofContinue reading “The Shame That Drives Us”
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