Is anxiety choking you, snuffing the life out of your existence?
It can do that.
Anxiety can constrict our breath, jumble our thoughts, and make moving through life seem overwhelming. Medical studies have shown that anxiety can have a damaging effect on our heart health. It can lead to chest pain, palpitations, ... Read More
Category: feelings
15
Dec2024
01
Dec2024
Life is a great mystery. Of this, we can be certain. We cannot explain or understand the “why” or “what” of its rhythms and flows. Not long ago a heart patient came in for a follow-up visit. I’ll call the man, Pete, but I’ve changed his name for this writing. ... Read More
05
Jun2024
The light is gone. Her light. A light that spilled from one to one through the blood of the most Holy Mercy into her heart.
It left on a cloudy Sunday morning, stole away unexpectedly.
Perhaps her refusal of food and water, should have shouted it to us, shook us enough to ... Read More
19
May2024
“Life’s gentle breeze has abandoned me. Its mighty wind no longer fills my sails, propelling and sustaining my journey.”
My mother-in-law, an ancient woman laced with crepe paper skin and mounds of sagging flesh lay thinking to herself.
As we sat together, I planted one hand on her head and the other ... Read More
24
Aug2022
Anxiety can shock the system. It can pummel and paralyze us. It’s all too easy to feel angry or frustrated when life doesn’t go the direction we want it to go.
My take on the root cause of anxiety is just this: we want life to be how we want it. ... Read More