The 60-Second Sabbath

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  • 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

  • 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

  • Odd Company

    You hang with questionable companions:    loneliness,    suspicion,    fear,    anger,    hurt… Why cultivate such company?With these kinds of friends,who needs enemies? Say, then,"I've lost interest in you.I have a life to live,and you're taking uptoo much time and… Continue reading

  • Holiday for the Hurting

    Good Friday is the one holiday designed for those who hurt, for the lonely, the sick, the dying, the alienated, the outcast, the confused, the disenfranchised. Here is God, being exactly all those things, feeling all of that, understanding it… Continue reading