I’m a white-knuckled girl, and always have been. I grip my way through life, holding onto whatever I can for dear life—as if the holding is the making and shaping of that life I’m looking for. Last week, I found myself in a room of ladies as we shared silence together, prayerfully. Punctuated by occasional […]
Feelings and Work: Finding Balance with Compassion
Welcome back to From the Journal Fridays, where I share thoughts from my large collection of journals and notebooks. Today, let’s talk about finding balance between our feelings & work in compassion. Yes, this is the exact same journal from last week. Except it’s not. I’m a creature of habit. I had 3 of these […]
love is not a balancing act
I am a first-responder-friend. A friend who always wants to makes the first move, send the first text, be there when the others disappear. It’s just in my heart to want to be there, perhaps because I spent so many years without having anyone be there, without having anyone to be there for, without letting anyone […]