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 9, 2024 | Emotions, Introduction
Note: These “Learning to Feel” blog entries are copied here from chapter 5 of my book, New in the Middle. I’ve included them here because they share the main defining moments in my life. Instead of a chronological timeline, I tell my stories in a new way—from the...
by Sarah P. Jose | Feb 9, 2024 | Emotions, Introduction
Note: These “Learning to Feel” blog entries are copied here from chapter 5 of my book, New in the Middle. I’ve included them here because they share the main defining moments in my life. Instead of a chronological timeline, I tell my stories in a new way—from the...
by Sarah P. Jose | Feb 9, 2024 | Emotions, Introduction
Note: These “Learning to Feel” blog entries are copied here from chapter 5 of my book, New in the Middle. I’ve included them here because they share the main defining moments in my life. Instead of a chronological timeline, I tell my stories in a new way—from the...
