Flowers Outside My House #MentalHealth #Hope #Anxiety #Fibromyalgia
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. -Martin Luther
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. -Martin Luther
The days are like a hurricane,
The needs of all my people
Circling wildly around me,
Loud and demanding,
Determined, unceasing.
I am tossed and blown,
At the mercy of the shouting winds,
The beckoning howls,
The deluge of their cries
Soaking me to the core.
I'm a wet rage.
Ring me out;
You will find
Joy
Pain
Desperation
Hope
Fear, and
Despair.
Suddenly, the howling quiets,
The torrents calm,
And all is still.
I can breathe here in the eye,
The quiet evenings,
The peaceful times,
When all routines are satisfies
And snuggly hugs soothe weary eyes.
Here in the eye,
It's love I feel,
A quieted soul,
A grateful heart.
Renewed,
I step back out
Into the storm,
Refreshed, restored,
And re-armed,
To strive and fight
For those I love,
Knowing deep down
My arms'll never be enough.
But His love
So real, steady, and true
Has won this battle
Long ago.
He's gone before,
And goes with me now.
Sought or not,
He beckons me
To let Him carry me again,
In the storm,
As in the eye,
And forward on,
once this, too, has passed.
#Parenthood #Motherhood #MentalHealth #Caregiving #Anxiety #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #Neurodiversity #Hope
I’ve been buying myself a lot of #motivationalshirtsANDsweaters online ever since I found one that spoke to my #soul - and this one sweater pictured here is my favorite one.
It says… “Stay” with added words on the right sleeve… “The world is a better place with you in it.”
Whenever I wear this, my eyes would always drift to my arm and it brings me a little #Hope at a time of getting through this.
I want people to be more #informed and more #aware that the things we go through is a real #illness and that a lot of us suffer from it.
After having a conversation with my favorite #maillady I found out that she too was in my shoes. We both agreed that #oneword or even a #friendlyacknowledgment from someone (that let’s you know that you’re #NotInvisible ) can help us get through the day. Like another shirt of mine says…
“You are #NeverAlone - Keep fighting… everyone is fighting a battle we know nothing about.”
I just want the #stigmatoend and have people more #aware because in certain cases, not knowing how to react to something in an #Understanding and #positive way, and instead react #negatively , but not on purpose, that their reactions have the ability to #trigger us back downward, or make the rest of our day #happy
If no one told you today…
#youareloved
#youmatter
#youarenotdefinedbyyourillness
#youarenotalone
It’s an emotional day. I am on a plane about to fly to Indonesia. I will be visiting Hope Village an amazing orphanage and school pioneered by some great friends. This couple were visiting Indonesia not long after the Boxing Day tsunami where 170,000 Indonesias lost their lives.
I was at Hope Village 7 years ago. Since that trip I found myself hospitalised after a failed suicide attempt and endured a horrendous 3 year legal fight, which we won.
I am so excited to be going back there. The orphanage has doubled in size and there is now a school providing 600 village kids with an education that they would otherwise not receive.
100 % of the proceeds from the children’s book I wrote, go to Hope Village. I can’t wait to see first hand the growth this amazing place has done.
I am grateful for this opportunity and so grateful I am alive to make this visit.
It’s Easter Sunday here in Australia. A fantastic day!
Remember Jesus and Good Friday. As Peter would later announce, “Men disowned him. Men killed him. But God raised him from the dead.” It’s Friday, but Sunday’s coming!
The worst part of Good Friday for Jesus wasn’t what his adversaries did. You expect it from your enemies. Jesus was arrested in Gethsemane because a friend, one of his own, betrayed him.
Friday seemed like a day when everything went wrong. Yet God had a plan. A plan filled with hope and victory.
Your Sunday is coming too.
What a beautiful sky today. This year I will miss Communion but I will always remember the sacrifice my Saviour made for me and indeed the whole world.
Live your life in love as Christ has loved you! ❤️
Happy Good Friday! Remember:
“For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
Romans 10:10 NKJV
In honor of St Patrick’s Day, here’s the Breastplate prayer traditionally attributed to Saint Patrick. You can find the whole prayer online, but here is an excerpt.
I arise today, through
God's strength to pilot me,
God's might to uphold me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's eye to look before me,
God's ear to hear me,
God's word to speak for me,
God's hand to guard me,
God's shield to protect me,
God's host to save me
From snares of devils,
From temptation of vices,
From everyone who shall wish me ill,
afar and near.
…
Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
of the Creator of creation.
May each of you who are suffering know the immense dignity you hold and the peaceful presence of the God who loves you into being. I am praying for you all.
Happy St. Paddy’s!! ☘️
Hope
Maybe tomorrow,
I think to myself.
Surely it will come.
Like the sun
breaking through
the clouds on a
rainy day.
I can hope for that,
can't I?
I have fallen deep
into the darkness
and I am waiting
for a light to
dissipate the
darkness.
Reese Williams
3/15/24
There are times I feel something is off if I am having this fleeting happiness brought by positive stimuli. As someone who has #BipolarDisorder I am used to be on guard because in my opinion, this can trigger a manic episode.
This tendency to become afraid of a possible episode is exhausting. At this point, I remember what I learned in therapy - letting my emotions to just be without judgment. In mindfulness, it is taught that it is absolutely acceptable to feel and process our emotions objectively without attachment to it. Realizing that will help one accept that any emotion is just like a cloud, which passes us by. Nothing is permanent in this world. That is what riding with the waves of our lives is.
I deserve to live a life with pure joy in spite of all the challenges. I know battling my own mind is a struggle that others cannot fully grasp. The ups and downs that I experience does not necessarily mean that an episode is coming.
It is time to change the lens.💚