Well, I find myself being, again in this space, this place, dull aches, a few pains, run-down, somewhat displaced. Dull in the head, shoulders heavy, thick. Slowed by the world around somehow, usually buoyed. Reduce to min, simmer on low, covered, dozing, deep. Thick in the brain, pause the constant activities and responsibilities and the …
Category: health
Inside, Outside
Where we spend our time, inside, outside. Literally, and figuratively. In the world, in our heads. Who are we outside? Inside? The same, or different...? These questions churn through my noggin most days, challenge me, inspire me, forward, the stop! Then forward again. Striving to understand, live the truth, each day, nudge, speed, forward. Inside, …
“I’m Scared”
I think I must have had these same feelings as a kid; it’s certainly a phrase we hear pretty often in our house: “I’m scared.” It’s a catch-all phrase that the kids use when they don’t want to do something, their anxious about it, or they are in fact, scared. The main strategy to combat …
Other Side
On the other side of the headache, is the comfort and calm and peace to think clearly; On the other side of releasing the angst and the pain and the toil is the certainty that you can take the next step on that ten thousand mile journey of life; On the other side of the …
Anxiety: Release Me
There’s a great Pearl Jam song...from their first album, I think...”Release Me”... I think that phrase captures a place I come to with my anxiety, sometimes. So spun up, extended, stretched, tired, spent. I stare at it, waiting, not blinking. Will it consume me? Will I disappear into its frazzled, jagged, frayed folds of angst …
Thought Box
The Thought Box. Have I mentioned before? Not sure. If not, it’s high time. If I have brought it up before, well, worth exploring a little once again. The central idea of the Thought Box...just what is it? It’s a concept, that can also be made into a visual reference, a model, a thing to …
Anxiety: A Continuum
I don’t know what the experts say for sure, but I believe anxiety, like a lot of feelings exist on a continuum. Maybe all feelings are like this? Probably so. In this way then, part of coping with anxiety is realizing this common trait exists, and then you can identify some lessons that might be …
Anxiety: Awash
It starts with the feeling. That’s just it, at its core. It’s a feeling or series of feelings that can wash over you, immobilize you, cloud your mind to the point that there’s no room for anything else. “Awash” is the idea, the concept that comes to mind. Something like, you become awash with powerful, …
Just Live
Sometimes so hard, just live, just live. Chores and tasks and obligations and duties and demands, All demand your time, your attention, your Right Now!, moments, hours, days, It feels so anyway, feels anyway, all the more to me, To my mind, mixed up in it all, mixed up by it all, all mixed up …
Groove
Find it, it's a magical thing. Sometimes called The Zone, if you prefer. But I prefer the groove. Sitting in the rocker, feet up, evening time, lights low, music playing softly in the background. Jazz playing, older genre, World War II era maybe. Trying to find the groove, feeling it's there, but fleeting, difficult to …
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