{"id":3498,"date":"2013-02-01T08:41:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T13:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=3498"},"modified":"2013-02-01T15:47:16","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T20:47:16","slug":"bereft-of-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=3498","title":{"rendered":"Bereft of Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was pretty tough.\u00a0 Even massage didn\u2019t help, though it let me get a clear image of the isolation I was feeling.\u00a0 This morning things feel more normal.\u00a0 Even though I\u2019m all alone here, people have energy bodies that extend and sometimes overlap, and then there are threads of connection between us all.\u00a0 I had no idea I\u2019d come to feel that way until I experienced the other way.\u00a0 I think that sense of isolation was how it was for a lot of my life, and changed so gradually I wasn\u2019t aware of it changing.
\nI\u2019ve been reading Maisie Dobbs<\/a>, and finding comfort reading about people struggling with PTSD.\u00a0 In one book, she is talking to someone who also went through the war, and says how good it is to be with someone who knows.\u00a0 Alas, reading Winter Solstice<\/a>, a book I usually enjoy, just made me feel lonelier because I don\u2019t have relationships like the ones she describes, and I feel bereft because there\u2019s no one to rescue me.<\/p>\n

Feeling lonely and bereft of spirit.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got a candle lit and Bella curled up next to me.\u00a0 Recently I was introduced to the idea that faith is not good feelings, faith is a stand you can take, a choice you can make.
\nI choose to believe that the universe is benevolent.\u00a0 I choose to believe that \u201cAll things work together for good.\u201d\u00a0 I choose to believe that the creative spirit that is continually birthing the universe is hugely loving and deeply merciful, and shares in our triumphs and joys, our defeats and sorrows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was pretty tough.\u00a0 Even massage didn\u2019t help, though it let me get a clear image of the isolation I was feeling.\u00a0 This morning things feel more normal.\u00a0 Even though I\u2019m all alone here, people have energy bodies that extend … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-depression","category-present-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}