Posts Tagged ‘will’

Recovery, Well-Being and Purpose

Written by John on April 5th, 2009
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Some Rights Reserved by lepiaf.geo at Flickr It occurs to me that recovery is past, well-being is now and purpose is the future. Let me explain. Recently, I wrote about recovery as a concept I no longer wanted to apply to what I’ve been going through. The word carried a set of assumptions that kept [...]

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Tags: assumptions, healing, health, hope, illness, life, meaning, medication, men, mind, purpose, Recovery, treatment, Viktor Frankl, well-being, will
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Recovery, Purpose and Nests

Written by John on March 22nd, 2009
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Some Rights Reserved by *L*u*z*a* lack of inspiration at Flickr There is a link, though it’s a stretch, among recovery and the nests of birds that occurs to me on this fine spring day, and I’ll get there in a moment. Of course, life is blossoming out everywhere. The stunning medleys of the mockingbirds are [...]

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Tags: depression, future, instinct, learning, life, nests, pattern, purpose, Recovery, structure, support, will
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A Clear Voice Amid Depression

Written by John on December 20th, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by Stygiangloom at Flickr. Thinking about recovery from depression often makes me dizzy. I’m trying to follow at once all the brief streaks of light from this roman candle mind. Each one’s gone before I can see where it’s headed, and I wind up chasing nothing. I have even asked myself, why [...]

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Tags: choice, confusion, depression, faith, God, Henri Nouwen, journey, mind, Recovery, self, spirituality, struggle, will
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Taking Depression Apart

Written by John on August 9th, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by juria yoshikawa at Flickr I run a race with depression that keeps me on edge. The stakes are high because we race to take each other apart. I intend to keep the lead. For years, I’d hit the wall and lose the bare will to win. But somehow I got back [...]

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Tags: Bill Wilson, cycle, focus, obsessivethinking, recovering, step, Symptoms of Depression, Therese Borchard, treatment, will
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