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I was talking with a friend about anxiety yesterday. He has a newly acquired panic disorder. I have waded through the murky waters of self-diagnosed anxiety disorder until I reached a place where it no longer qualifies as a disorder. I found my way through by using the geysers of anxieties as indicators of sub-surface [...] This week has been full of communication, inspiration, and prayer. None of the issues are new ones, but somehow this was the week for focusing on them. This was also a week when I received some clear answers to my queries. One of those answers was knowledge that the minor miracles I need are on [...] Church is a contemplative time for me. I do my best to listen to the lessons and talks, but my mind often wanders about doing the mental equivalent of picking up clutter and putting it away. Today I spent most of church sitting with my planner open in my lap. As my mind tidied up, [...] Our church had general conference this weekend. It is ten hours of topical speeches given by the church leadership. These talks are spread out into five two hour sessions over two days and we can view/listen via radio, television, or internet. Today we gathered all the children and hooked a computer up to the big [...] Today’s church meeting was full of things for me to mull over. Mostly it is still percolating, but one piece has bubbled to the surface. One of the speakers talked about not wasting time, but instead getting out and finding the thing we are meant to do. I pondered the question of what I am [...] The convention is over. The boxes are packed and hauled away for shipping and storage. Nothing went wrong. There were no disasters. I can feel myself unwinding, relaxing. This whole event has been a very stressful one for me. It was filled with things I knew I could do, but had never actually done. Most [...] My ambition appears to be AWOL right now. Not surprisingly in the absence of ambition, I’m finding it hard to feel stressed about this. I would probably be more worried about it, but it has done this before. My ambitious drive is somewhat similar to my childhood dog who would periodically escape our yard to [...] Our business includes attendance at conventions which tend to take place over an entire weekend. We attend a church which reveres the Sabbath day and includes a command to keep it holy. I sometimes feel conflicted by the coexistence of these two facts. I do my best to find a middle ground where I do [...] One of the heaviest responsibilities for me as a parent is to make sure that my children are firmly grounded in the religious beliefs that I hold dear. This is primarily important because of what I believe about this life and life hereafter, but it is also important because faith has been an essential tool [...] When I was a child Cadbury eggs were the epitome of Easter goodness. I saw them on TV. There was this bunny who would wiggle his nose while making chicken noises and then hop away leaving the egg behind. A pair of hands would demonstrate how the chocolate shell was filled with gooey white goodness. [...] |
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