I Am Burning

Tag: suffering

  • Sometimes It Just Is

    I’d like to say I’m a wise sage who can guide you through this. That I know how to reach the other side, but the truth is sometimes it just is for me, and I find myself as helpless as the first day I fought against the darkness. The overwhelm is crushing. I feel like…

  • Why Do I Fight?

    Why Do I Fight?

    I’m 38 years old as I write this. 38 years. Over 13,870 days. I’m still young and yet old…and on so many occasions I have thought how sweet it would be to simply not exist. No more pain. No more struggle. No more failing. No feelings. More times than I’m eager to admit I’ve wished…

  • The Night Persistent

    The Night Persistent

    Most books I have read, talks I have heard, conversations I have participated in, have emphasized the transient nature of suffering. We persist because there will be a better day or so I am told. St. John of the Cross who originated the phrase Dark Night of the Soul portrays this suffering as a dark…