by Sarah P. Jose | Jun 4, 2024 | Emotions, Stories
I invited my dear friend Anita from Australia to write a post based on her struggle with cancer and the life-changing operation that took place a few years ago. Anita is a perfect person to speak on this platform because she has demonstrated admirable courage in...
by Sarah P. Jose | May 14, 2024 | Chronic Pain, Emotions, Uncategorized
I appreciate your kind responses to my “War-Torn Women” Visio Divina exercise. So many of us can relate on different levels to the need to lament. In this next post, I use the same images to help illustrate what God has taught me about the profound beauty of learning...
by Sarah P. Jose | Apr 29, 2024 | Emotions, Meditation
As I painted the following image, I understood a definite progression of form and thought. So often I have lamented for women around the world who have never been safe and have not had the chance to give their children a secure upbringing. My heart aches for those...
by Sarah P. Jose | Mar 26, 2024 | Chronic Pain, Emotions
Well, I guess I’m outcome independent now. Not sure how I feel about that. In his book, The Way Out, Alan Gordon promotes the ideal of becoming outcome independent (not emotionally attached to any specific outcome) in our attitude toward our pain. In the process of...
by Sarah P. Jose | Feb 15, 2024 | Chronic Pain
Former addicts understand how to celebrate small victories. People in physical rehabilitation understand how a movement so small and natural to some can represent weeks of hard and painful work when recovering from major injuries. Today’s story is about a very small...
