Tag: authenticity
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Thankfulness in the Midst of Trouble: Lift Your Eyes Up to the Mountains
When songs pop into my head I tend to listen to them. 🎶 ♩Today I started singing an old Brian Doerksen song. I have to admit. I haven’t felt much like singing lately. I’ve just been trying to make it from one minute to the next. The song goes: I lift my eyes up, to […]
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When Things are Overwhelming: My Story of Panic Attacks, Meds, and the Man 👆🏻
I don’t know what I would have done without that pill last night. 💊 Lorazepam. ⦶ I was actually too afraid to take one for the longest time. That’s the nature of the beast I guess. Anxiety seems to put you in hyper-vigilance mode and even the things meant to help you can seem like […]
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Becoming Authentic Behind the Smile
Your smile.☺ ◦ What do you hide behind it? Pain, fear, anger, jealousy, trauma, illness, sadness…? Are you authentic with those around you? Selah. ◦ I was taught to hide. To not say certain things or it could bring them on. Or maybe it would reveal I had no faith. In my mind, that was […]