Originally posted on Seth Adam Smith:
My guide through life has always been Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965), the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II. His active and steadfast resistance to Adolf Hitler, along with his vehement refusal to even consider defeat, helped inspire his nation to victory against Nazi Germany. His…
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Related to Mental Illness
Just saw “The Solitude of Prime Numbers” and inspired me to buy the book which sits on my shelf as I’m writing this. Every single day I hear or read about people complaining about their loneliness and how much they yearn for a life companion. Let me tell you something true: having someone in your […]
“Depression presents itself as a realism regarding the rottenness of the world in general and the rottenness of your life in particular. But the realism is merely a mask for depression’s actual essence, which is an overwhelming estrangement from humanity. The more persuaded you are of your unique access to the rottenness, the more afraid […]
Sometime before 9:30AM on December 14th, 2012, Adam Lanza shot his mother in the head four times. He then drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School where he killed six adult staff members and perhaps most shockingly of all, twenty little children. A stunned nation wept. Twenty days later, the nation of mourners shed their sackcloth […]
When we talk about intrusive thoughts, the possibilities are endless: these may vary from lovely and tender to immensely savage and everything in between. The mind is a battlefield most don’t dare to discuss, but it’s there and it’s real. From a Christian Perspective “The mind is always rebelling but Christians need to take every […]
Been opening old mind cabinets and searching for something that escapes reason or purpose. Images lure me, but it’s words I’m after. Those that will tell a story, the story within. The one nobody cares to remember; the one my Savior wouldn’t write; the one only I can put into words. The one that happened […]