Tag: Pain
The Tyranny of Feelings
As passionate as I can be about things, I’ve only just begun to connect with the spectrum of emotions I had buried all my life under the stoicism. When you reflect on your day as you turn out the lights, you are in fact revisiting how you felt about it, not what you thought about… Read More The Tyranny of Feelings
Burial
It was a summer sun and autumn wind. He felt both awkward and snug in the sweater as the heat bore through and the air blew in tidal breaths about him. He couldn’t help look up as he made his way down the gully using his spade for a walking stick. The sky, a wash… Read More Burial
Witness
I was chopping vegetables for dinner, silent tears running down my face. I had just gotten off the phone with my sister. It was cancer. She was terrified and feeling alone, despite the love I tried to pour through the phone. All I could do was listen and witness her pain. Be a witness to… Read More Witness
Maybe We Don’t Want to Listen To Your Story
I had my feet up on the couch, willing the bleeding to stop. I couldn’t find any pads last night but remembered the spare diapers I kept for my nephew’s sleepovers. They were perfect. What a word. Perfect. I suppose I should have this down by now. I changed out the diapers every hour, at… Read More Maybe We Don’t Want to Listen To Your Story
I Will Sing: Faith
Unless you’re helplessly tone-deaf, you’ll hear the unvarnished attempt of a songwriter whose gift wasn’t singing. I can’t help wince at my voice but if the Scriptures sung in crude, bare worship should bless anyone, the embarrassment will have been worth it. I thought the song of hope would take us nicely from the last… Read More I Will Sing: Faith
Why I Don’t Pray More
I’d face the ache of longing. Go deep into the back room, unearth the box to surrender and and open it to see my heart bleeding. I know in my head my God is more than able to comfort and to provide as He pleases. But I’m like my boy — terrified over the sight… Read More Why I Don’t Pray More
The Power of Story
What a series. We lit some dynamite this week, didn’t we? I had looked forward to introducing the all-star band of storytellers who had so much to teach us but they were the ones to be astonished by the level and depth of your response. Watching the relationships unfold was wonderful. The success of the… Read More The Power of Story
Lessons from My 30s
I learned not to expect anything from anyone – not even my amazing friends – but to give. People have their own burdens. I am grateful that anyone should stop to think of me in some way. Wish I had known earlier not to impose standards in my relationships, to free people in their weakness,… Read More Lessons from My 30s
Well, What If You’re NOT Good Enough?
I wrote this post with you very much in mind, something I’ve been wanting to bring up for a long time. The striving to prove ourself, how we handle competition, the ongoing question of success. Talk to me? http://aopinionatedman.com/2014/02/24/well-what-if-youre-not-good-enough/ Love, HW
A Holistic Journey 