Tag: recovery
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the dark people [pt. 2]
8/29/22 When theycome(and they willcome)they will smileand stab grinsall down yourspine you won’t be able tomoveyou won’t be able tocall outyou won’t be able todo all the thingsyou wish you didearlier they’ll only beonethingleft the one thingthat never failsespeciallywhen we do. You won’t evenhave to sayanything at all.Because theywouldn’t hear iteven ifyou did. All you […]
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the dark people, pt. 1
8/20/22 Answer: 1. Downing. “Whenever Mom is here.” 2. Paisano. “Moms is where I see them the most” 3. Round Rock. “Sometimes at Nona and Poppy’s” 4. Liberty. (1x, the final night’s stay) “Please don’t leave me alone tonight; I saw the dark people; they’re here” (the night he couldn’t sleep w/o me + the […]
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The Art of Individuation -XLIV-
7/25/22 “When the individual’s needs are at odds with the group or relationship, they must break into new ground, either by choice or by divine intervention. More often than not, we either resist, ignore, or reject these calls to attrition. We leave our roots planted in the shallow soil of false belonging for whatever benefits […]
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The Art of Recovery IV
Stark honesty, however painful, is needed on this journey toward the Self; the unconscious will not tolerate anything less. One must be willing to face many cruel truths, those we keep hidden from the light of day, and those we keep hidden from ourselves. Not only do we have to die to a false image […]
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The Art of Recovery III
“We must not give up. It takes so much time to heal because we are not just healing our own wounds – we are healing the worlds wounds, too. We think we are alone with our “stuff“, but we aren’t. With every clearing of our emotional debris, With every foray into a healthier way of […]
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Self Advocacy VII
“A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.” — Frederic Douglass [Art: Unknown]
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Morning Mindfulness XVI
When in the midst of great change, it is helpful to remember how a chick is born. From the view of the chick, it is a terrifying struggle. Confined and curled in a dark shell, half formed, the chick eats all its food and stretches to the contours of its shell. It begins to feel […]
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Morning Mindfulness XV
Today I will take a moment to become balanced and find my center. When I am centered, nothing can disturb or upset me. Centered, I am peaceful, agreeable, and in harmony. In the past, my dysfunctional home was out of balance. Discord and turmoil prevailed over harmony and peace. In my dysfunctional home, My childhood […]
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through the wasteland
Wail. Weep. Mourn. For what is lost. For what will be. Let go your resistance. Feel its pain.
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the trick is
The trick isto look at it.To stare it right in the fucking eyes,without flinching or flailing, without battling or resisting,without refusing your own closingor any condition other thanwide-open. And when you finally resolve tohonor your own humanityand allow yourself to feelwhat is yours to feel,you will hear them come. Passion and AngerGuilt and Shame Pain […]
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weight
It was long ago at my true bottom when I learned that the greatest weight dragging me down to my own death was my own willful suppression of things too difficult and too painful to think about speak about or be real about without shame -in the clear light of day- or feel. © […]