Relaxing at home watching episodes of Six Feet Under [I have them all on DVD].
Going to Hog’s Breath [her favourite restaurant] for Skye’s 5th birthday and hearing all about her first day of school. As well as the joy of spending time with her [Eden spent most of it asleep].
Lunch out of the office [...]
Kontakion:
I have recklessly forgotten Your glory, O Father;
and among sinners I have scattered the riches which You had given me.
Therefore, I cry to You like the Prodigal:
“I have sinned before You, O compassionate Father;
receive me a penitent and make me as one of Your hired servants.”
Today in the Orthodox Calendar is the Sunday of the [...]
Another hot and humid Sydney day: but a day off work at least! Today is Australia Day, commemorating the arrival of the First Fleet [the ships which sailed from England to establish the colony] into Sydney in 1788. The day really passes me by…I am thankful for all the benefits of living here in [...]
Kontakion:
Let us flee from the pride of the Pharisee!
And learn humility from the Publican’s tears!
Let us cry to our Saviour,
have mercy on us, only merciful One!
Today is the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee on the Orthodox Calendar, and therefore the beginning of the weeks of preparation for Great Lent, which in turn prepares us [...]
Went to lunch with two colleagues from our other office.
Broke into tears before-hand with anxiety and feelings of inferiority: spoke to a most wondrous colleague, friend, here and made a determination to go.
Almost turned around on the way there. But didn’t.
Stayed for as long as they did; mainly listening and answering as I was [...]
Thank you for the comments on the post below, and I hope I did communicate clearly and correctly about the aspects of CBT I touched on; I could be way off for all I know.
This module, again from the helpful Centre for Clinical Interventions website, goes into some detail in this area of changing [...]
As an aside to previous blogs and ones in the future, it may seem like I am some sort of hyper-proponent of these techniques of CBT [Cognitive Behaviour Therapy]; I will say it fits with and helps my situation whereas I know people for whom it simply does not work and other techniques are more [...]
Just a quick note to say Thank You to you all for the comments to my previous post. I pondered turning off Comments before I posted it, as I did not want any sense of “obligation” for people to respond: but I am much heartened by the kindness of and support from you all [...]
This post, and perhaps a few following, may be quite raw emotionally. Just a warning. I just need to get these thoughts down to get them out of my head.
I am so drained. Physically [tears]; mentally [thoughts]; emotionally [up and down]. I am struggling: not in a functioning day-to-day sense, but [...]
Is supposedly the name of this blog, but perhaps Exploring the Mess that is My Mind would be more apt of late.
I went for the name as as the time I started this blog I was looking into the Orthodox Church. But, to me, the name still holds: and I think it [...]