What does home feel like?

Evan at Living Authentically posed this question: Take a moment to reflect on where you feel at home, and if you don’t feel at home anywhere – why not? Home is a loaded word for me. Growing up….the last place I wanted to be was home.  It was a 4 letter word along with other…

Feeling is living

Exceptional Living ‎”Some people think that to be strong is to never feel pain. In reality, the strongest people are the ones who feel it, understand it, and accept it.” ~ Unknown One of the things I learned was the part of living is feeling.  In a photography class several years ago before I integrated,…

Prayer

“Daddy’s Empty Chair” Daddy’s Empty Chair~~ A man’s daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her father. When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside his bed. The minister assumed that the old fellow had…

Denial Doesn’t Help

The opposite of acceptance is denial.  The oft repeated, “There is nothing wrong with me.”  Doesn’t help.  Here is the problem.  If I cut my leg and I am bleeding all over the ground, it is obvious something is wrong with me.  If I cut my soul or scream inside without opening my mouth, no…

Doesn’t help

I am a big believer in education key to understanding mental illness.  Unfortunately, Hollywood and other artists can add to the confusion more than they help.  Tonight I turned off the TV in disgust because a favorite show was portraying the horrible awful bad murderous villian as a schizophrenic triggered by PTSD.  Their script writer…