My life has changed in many ways. Disorganized and all the problems that brings. Frequent and sudden depressions accompanied by a wish to die. Haunted by bad memories. Often confused. Praying for more peace. I sometimes wonder. Is this old age, mental illness, or both? But I can see it’s more than these. It’s emotional […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 235 (April 23, 2009) I’ve been keeping a secret because I don’t quite know how to talk about it. It’s hard to talk about without sounding like I’m tooting my own horn. Several weeks ago someone nominated me for the Canadian Living “Me to We” awards. It was because of my Living […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 234 (April 22, 2009) I’ve got to share something with you here, something that came as a revelation to me and it might to you too. I have a good friend who is a troubled person, having suffered a lot of abuse as a child and later as the wife of an […]
Read More...I believe transformation takes place throughout our lives, not only through love, but also through suffering. But when we suffer we must not let go of God. We must keep him close. When we do that he will make us stronger and better able to serve him. I’d much rather have love transforming me than […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 233 (April 17, 2009) If you’d known me forty years ago when I first got sick; then twenty years later when I decided to rely on God’s help for survival of depression and psychosis; then five or six years ago when I received the support and inspiration of people in the church […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 232 (April 14, 2009) The importance of a support system is common knowledge, especially when you have a mental health issue. Actually, everyone alive needs some kind of support system. I spoke in my last post about how hard it can be to find people who will listen to us and support […]
Read More...Friends I was able to turn to are no longer. Those who knew me best. Those who were close during my Living Room years. Those who were like father and mother, giving comfort when I needed. All are gone. A lot was my fault. I became too much for them. Later, I myself was no […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 231 (April 12, 2009) My roller coaster ride will not stop. I don’t feel so depressed that I don’t want to do anything. Just feel an overwhelming sense of sadness. Trouble with me is that I feel a need to reach out – to draw comfort from others. Yet that kind of […]
Read More...I ended the last post saying: “It’s just that people too often forget to act out the meat of Christ’s message: To love our neighbour and to love God. It’s all about love, isn’t it? Let us not forget to love each other.” The above came from the depth of my heart. This message from […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 230 (April 8, 2009) I’m reading The End of Religion by Bruxy Cavey, the pastor of The Meeting House, “a church for people who aren’t into church.” I’ve been reading quite a few books about Jesus’ radical nature and find them exciting. The Christian church has gotten hung up on so many […]
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