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I Said to my Soul: Be Still
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Beyond Blue
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you…
Ten (or Eleven) Days to Self-Esteem
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Beyond Blue
Each summer I pick a project. A few years ago mine was to develop my self-esteem. According to David Burns, that should only take ten days. But nine months later, I’m still not there. From June to August last year, this was the routine: load up the double stroller with any floatable object in our…
What Do I Do With My Impure Thoughts?
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Beyond Blue
I’ve been amazed by the mass of comments posted to my articles about emotional and physical affairs: “10 Steps to End an Affair,” “The Emotional Affair,” and “10 Red Flags of an Emotional Affair.” Because guilt can be a major ingredient to severe depression–and because so many Beyond Blue readers struggle with impure thoughts–I thought…
When Crap Befalls Decent People
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Beyond Blue
Whenever I come across a very sad story like I did today–about Katherine’s fellow 8-year-old classmate having Leukemia–I always go back to Harold Kushner’s classic “When Bad Things Happen To Good People.” Now, remind me again, good Rabbi, why does crap befall decent folk? The compassionate author, who grieved the loss of his son Aaron,…
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