The 60-Second Sabbath

healing

  • On the Third Day of Christmas

    All that stuff you've lost through the years–     Barbies and Hot Wheels,    LEGOs and barrettes,    baseballs and golf balls,    jobs and hobbies,    best friends and beloved pets,    lovers and loved ones,    innocence,   … Continue reading

  • O Antiphons: Branch

        O come, thou Branch of Jesse's tree,    free them from Satan's tyranny    that trust thy mighty power to save,    and give them victory o'er the grave. You come to free us.Oh, and there is so… Continue reading

  • Self-Compassion

    I recommenda lot less self-critiqueand much more self-compassion. We're far too quick to bash ourselves–or feel like crap when others bash us–but seldom respondby honestly acknowledgingthat these things hurt,and what we really needis understanding and comfort. "Yes, that hurt.What she… Continue reading

  • Forgiveness

    Want to reduce stress?    lower blood pressure?    release anger?    relieve depression?Want to feel more optimistic?    hopeful?    compassionate?    physically energized? All will be yoursif you forgive. You're the one who suffersif you do not. We… Continue reading

  • The Party

    Throw a party. Invite all of your various and sundry selves:    the one you enjoy    and the one you ignore,    the one you honor    and the one you fear,    the selfish    along with the selfless,    the… Continue reading

  • Your Own Suffering

    Unawareof his own suffering,covering itwith a sticky shellacof bravado,he formed a crustthat buffered him from othersas well as himself,a mantleof insulating indifference. Unawareof his own suffering,unable to touch it,to heal it,it festered,until finally,sickened by the infection,he could no longer pretendhe… Continue reading

  • Self-Acceptance

    You can spend decadeswaiting to becomethe person you thinkyou ought to be,never satisfiedwith the person you are. Could it be, however,that you never becomesomeone you loveif you startas someone you don't? What ifnow,then,and at all points in betweenyou accept yourself… Continue reading

  • The Wounded Child

    Somewhere in the woodsa wounded child wanders.His survival dependson your kindness and compassion.     Can you find him in time? He's a good child,a boy whose heart has great capacityfor joy and trust,for delight and laughter,but now he hides… Continue reading

  • Abandoned Heart

    The heart I abandonedwaits where I left it.It knows its painand understands that I was unequippedto handle a troubled heartand therefore had to leave. But I cannot livewithout my heart;incomplete,I live unconsciously.I go back;I shall find and comfort by heartand… Continue reading

  • Toward Healing

    I peeled back the bandage."This is my wound,"I said. "It looks like it's healing,"he said. "Yes, it is.It still hurts some,but nothing like before." "What's made the difference?" "I stopped pretendingit didn't exist,stopped telling myselfI shouldn't be hurt that badly.I… Continue reading