Day-to-day doings...busy busy busy. Work to do, kids to raise, chords to tend to, dreams to chase. Busy busy sure, but what fills the gap, the spaces in between? Sports is one of those things that distracts us, entertains us, inspires us. Or maybe it's reading, maybe TV, maybe prayer, maybe all of the above? …
Category: mental health
Valentine’s Day Recap! Economists and Love
10 minutes of great insight. Worth it, literally. These two, quite a pair of economists, quite a lot of good insights, quite a couple! Thanks to NPR's The Indicator for bringing this one to us~ one.npr.org/i/806153805:806160131
Remember Me Out of Love
This refrain from Psalm 105 stands out for me this weekend. It’s from one of the Saturday readings. In one of the loaves and fishes stories from Sunday, the motivation is similar: act out of love. Fundamentally, that’s what Jesus taught us. Act out of love. Elsewhere in his teachings he boiled all the laws …
Four Minute Flip, Revised.
"What you got what you got, four minutes to flip. Not much time, but just enough time, to let it flow, to make a little blip. Just four min so don’t you know, scribble it down and let it go. Just a few words on the page for Monday, share the love, be the love, …
Ramp UP
Ramp Up It's a feeling that starts early, if you're lucky. It's a sense of anticipation, a particular urgency and readiness to take action. It's something that spurs you forward, to handle the situation, rise to the moment, do what's necessary. If you're lucky, it starts early, in life, and in the moment too. Get …
The Heated Hall
Stepping into the heated hall is a treat. Ours is a little dwelling; a living and kitchen area in the front, then down a short hall to the rooms in the back. We keep the hall doors closed in winter, and at night. My favorite is in the early morning hours, predawn, the house is …
The Light
From the darkness, I pray this metaphor most everyday; I pray for the light to inspire and guide me along my way. “But why?”, you might wonder...and so let me share, for the reason is clear. From time to time uncertainty and sublime angst are my companions; they seem to find common purpose resting on …
Smack Down
Learning can be very challenging. VERY CHALLENGING. Sometimes you find yourself in the mud, the thick, and it sucks. You make repeated mistakes, same issues, and it's confounding, really...troubleshooting, reviewing your process, trying to understand why the errors are happening. It can feel like a smack down. A SMACK DOWN. It’s abrupt; it gives one …
“40”
When I heard this song for the first time more than thirty years ago, I was just getting into U2's music. It hadn't really spoken to me up until that time (mid-80's) -- I'd been more rooted in heavy metal, heavier rock music. And then this one came along. I was hooked pretty quick. The …
Reach Out, Push Through
Recently shared a little about inertia; I told a friend after that post it was actually more accurate to call it “emotional inertia.” That’s where I’ve been the last few days, for some reason. You might call it a funk. I’ve probably called it that here somewhere before. And so what to do? Another common …
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