Psychologist Dr. Sarah Edelman explains that stress is something in the environment, an external pressure on us, whereas anxiety is our internal experience of this pressure.
“Dear Abba, I’m stepping into a new day brimming with new mercies, fresh-slate-do-over grace extended freely to me by Your hands. But it is not just given to me but to all. So that my attempts to control and manipulate others, even if it’s in their best interests, is not only to spit on the grace given them, but also that given to me. Father, the only thing truly “for our own good” is Your mercy. Nothing else comes close. Nothing. Have mercy on me.”
― Dear Abba: Morning and Evening Prayer
― Dear Abba: Morning and Evening Prayer
“Out of the blue and into the black. That’s what he said going on a tunnel mission was. We called it the black echo.”
― The Harry Bosch Novels: The Black Echo / The Black Ice / The Concrete Blonde
― The Harry Bosch Novels: The Black Echo / The Black Ice / The Concrete Blonde
“So here we are. We live in a world where we have the”
― Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
― Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
“When you take hope away it leaves a void. Some people fill that up with anger and with violence. To simply blame it on the media is wrong. It’s much deeper than that.”
― The Harry Bosch Novels, Volume 2: The Last Coyote / Trunk Music / Angels Flight
― The Harry Bosch Novels, Volume 2: The Last Coyote / Trunk Music / Angels Flight
“Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you.”
― Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
― Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
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