And the insidiousness of the lies we believe is that they feed off of our worry, sadness, and fear. They take normal emotions felt by normal people and lead them off track just enough to keep them off balance, but not so far as to be totally obvious.
When I look back now, I can see that I was a little bit more of a goal setter/achiever in my early 20’s. Then I had a child…
The point of this tradition is to connect the story of the baby in a manger to the greater story of the Bible.
I was first confronted with our lack of grief rituals in modern western culture when missionary friends of ours narrated the story of the funeral of a little girl from Madagascar.
The thing I love most about words is that when we put language to something, it brings clarity and certainty about the thing. Part of what makes grief so hard in our culture is that we do not have a diverse range of common language around it. In fact, the word itself may not bring up a clear definition for you.
Grief sucks.
Really, I think I could stop there and that would be enough: just recognizing that loss hurts. It hurts emotionally. It creates mental fog and anguish. It affects our physical bodies. It can crush our spirit. Yeah, grief is excruciating…
Thank you my dear readers and friends for taking this short, but profound journey with me about self care. I chose this image for this post because it represents both what self care is and is not. It is not a one time thing or a single fix-all. It is a consistent commitment to small …
“Where is self-care in the Bible?” With this question, my friend put into words and pinpointed what I’d been having qualms about.
This week, it became clear to me that some of society’s definitions of self-care might be doing just the opposite thing. Often what is #hashtagged as self-care is really just an escape or numbing the unpleasant emotion or situation.
I’m a bit sick of hearing the word “self care” too. Any time a word gets overused, I get so sick of it. It’s such a buzz word that I don’t think a lot of people can really define.