Meet Rachel. This is her story. Most addictions function differently than mine. I say this because my addiction isn’t to a substance I can live without, it is to something that I must consume in order to keep on living. Somehow, I’m expected to learn how to live with my addiction without it consuming me. Food… Read more →
Tag Archive for strength
When Vitality is Lacking
“Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be gone soon enough.” -Ernest… Read more →
Starting over; It’s tough, but you can do it.
About 5 years ago Matt and I bought our perfect little dream house. It was in the neighborhood we had been scoping out for months. It was colorful, full of character and we loved everything about it. It was just the right size for our little family and our plan was to be there basically forever. Two years… Read more →
Becoming
“You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby.… Read more →
Journey to Patience
“Patience—the ability to put our desires on hold for a time—is a precious and rare virtue. We want what we want, and we want it now. Therefore, the very idea of patience may seem unpleasant, and at times bitter.” I would say… Read more →
Chances Are, It Will Change
Photo via Sloan Photographers “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” ―Lao Tzu There is one thing that is certain in this world, and that is that things change. Everything changes. From the… Read more →