Written on Saturday, January 2, 2016<\/p>\n
I had a number of learnings, things I suddenly\u00a0saw were true, late in 2015.\u00a0 I decided to write them all down.\u00a0 I planned to take one every day and think about it. \u00a0And I did it for a few days, but then somehow, without intending to, I stopped doing it. \u00a0In spite of wanting to find\/design a daily spiritual practice, this happened over and over until\u00a0a couple of weeks ago.<\/p>\n
1) Depression is a big deal, I have courage, strength and persistence to have managed any sort of life at all.<\/p>\n
2) I\u2019ve started to take in the positive feedback Erica gives.<\/p>\n
3) I am big enough to make a loving container for the broken parts.<\/p>\n
4) My depression is NOT MY FAULT.<\/p>\n
5) My depression is not a sin or a moral weakness.<\/p>\n
6) Even while depressed, knowing<\/span> it won\u2019t last forever.<\/p>\n 7) Realized that my emotions (\u201cempty sophistication\u201d) are not who I am.\u00a0 How I feel emotionally is not the truth of who I am.<\/p>\n 8) Realized that I\u2019m not either the \u201ccreative one\u201d or the \u201cbroken one\u201d \u2014 although my experience of one tends to make the other disappear.\u00a0 But I am both at once.<\/p>\n I knew these intellectually, was quite sure of their truth, but they didn’t\u00a0operate in my life at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Written on Saturday, January 2, 2016 I had a number of learnings, things I suddenly\u00a0saw were true, late in 2015.\u00a0 I decided to write them all down.\u00a0 I planned to take one every day and think about it. \u00a0And I … Continue reading