mental-health
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Reflections on the Pulse of a Weekday Morning There is a distinct flavor to waking up on a Monday. I was raised to see Sunday as the Seventh Day, the day God rested… Monday signals a new week one that will end with a day of rest reflection and recovery lately… The sun rises as…
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Life, old age, and the ongoing evolution of time and change. The day unfurls in gentle shades of gray, the sky a vast expanse of pewter clouds pressed low and unhurried. Even the morning light seems tentative, diffused through veils of mist and the silent whisper of drizzle on the windowpane. It is a day…
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A Gray Dawn Rising… Good morning from the deep south, where the horizon wakes gently beneath a heavy, gray sky. The hush outside my window is almost tangible, as if the clouds have pressed their palm against the world, muffling even the birds’ earliest songs. The trees stand in silhouette, the moss draped limbs swaying…
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There are days when the air feels thick, as if every breath must be forced through a veil woven with uncertainty and urgency. Lately, it seems that each morning in America is greeted not by lightness, but by the heaviness of questions that linger in the national consciousness. Life, always a complicated journey, has in…
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Dealing with Depression and Suicide in Today’s Heavy World. A Real Conversation About Mental Health Hey Y’all, Let’s Start Here… So, things feel kind of upside-down lately, right? There is weariness and heaviness that seems to be affecting more of us than we care to admit. With everything going on in the world—news coming at…
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Navigating Uncertainty, Embracing Possibility Life is a winding road, paved with moments of certainty and stretches of ambiguity. At each crossroads, we find ourselves pausing, haunted by the soft whispers of “what if?” These two little words, so simple in their composition, wield enormous power over our hearts and minds. They can paralyze us with…
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