Walkabout 2002 – Depressed

Walkabout 2002 – Depressed

Wow, I stepped away from that last journal entry and I started thinking. I guess I really am feeling a little depressed right now. I’m looking forward to my birthday and Sawain and thinking I would really like to spend it with friends. But I’m not sure...

On Negativity and Depression

You can get back from being fully consumed, but it is like an addict breaking the addiction.  The negative thoughts become your identity.  Instead of something bad happening to you occasionally (because things happen to all of us – good and bad), you become a...

A Follow-up to Feeling Empty

“I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.” – Mother Theresa I got an email today from someone who read my Feeling Empty blog post who was looking for some help on what to do when...

Being With Grief

When I was in my twenties, I used to panic anytime someone was grieving.  I didn’t know what to do to make it better.  I knew that there had to be something I could do – if only I could figure out what it was.  But I didn’t know, and this made me bad...