Thought pieces, prayers, and meditations.
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. Zen Proverb I have an amazing Sponsor. When I converse with her, I never feel judged, I feel safe, and I feel heard. But, most importantly, I never feel that she gives me advice or tells me what to do. She does, however, share…
Read MoreMost of the good work in this world was done by people who weren’t feeling all that well the day they did it. Eleanor Roosevelt I have some extremely black-and-white thinking when left to my own devices;I think that I can either acknowledge, and therefore must submit to, my feelings or I think I…
Read MoreAwareness. Acceptance. Action. I have been thinking about how I “work the steps” on my grieving. The “3 A’s” of awareness, acceptance, and action give me the key. As I begin to become aware of my grief, I admit my powerlessness, and believe that my higher power can help me to move through…
Read MoreIf I stuff my feelings, they never go away. — Anonymous I spent some time yesterday just feeling my feelings. As I grieve, I have many feelings. Sometimes these come together, sometimes in sequence, some coming, some going, and coming back. There is pain of loss. There is…
Read MoreI am invited to grieve with every change in life. Often I ignore the invitation, deciding the particular change is “no big deal” or telling myself “I can handle this.” Sometimes the culmination of all the “little” changes I haven’t addressed hits me all at once. I find myself overreacting to a person or…
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