What are the biggest lessons that I have learned from anxiety? First, let’s talk briefly about anxiety disorders. What are they? In a very basic description they can be summed up as disorders that occurred due to a diminished ability to cope with stress; they are the result of cumulative long-term stress. It is a… Continue reading Anxiety Lessons: Feel well, think well
The Penis Chronicles presents “How you help me through.” It can be interesting the places that you learn things. It had been a particularly rough day and I was aware that my youngest son hadn’t had a great day either. When I walked in he was the first thing I saw. He was sitting at… Continue reading How you help me through
Walking alone through the eye of the storm oblivious to all together or torn. You see the future in shades of grey and hope that tomorrow will be the last day. Feeling the pain from betrayal and anger you pray that tomorrow truth will set in. You hear shouts and look around only to find… Continue reading A Fight
It’s so bright: luminous. I’m positive that I glow with its energy as it threatens to control me, to break free from the place inside me that I have it confined. Unconsciously I have no desire to control it. I am overcome with the desire to be consumed by it, to let the frenzy claim… Continue reading Alternate
Photo Prompt Challenge – Please post & share your link in the comments section below. Iota She sits and stares blankly at the dirty white walls lost in lazy thought. The rhythmic hum of a fly catches her attention. Listlessly she lifts her eyes to look in the direction of the sound. Unexpectedly the small… Continue reading Iota
Shut off autopilot. The tile is cold under my feet, and even with my socks on those six short steps feel chilly. I lean my stomach against the side of the tile counter. I spin the silver Keurig holder searching for my morning brew: Folgers lively Columbian, Kahlua original light roast, or Folgers Caramel drizzle.… Continue reading Mindful Coffee
This is an excerpt from a piece I wrote in 1996. I am aware that when I original wrote the full piece of Invading Dream it was meant to be a reflection of an external stimuli that was a powerful negative force in my life at that time. As I read it now, this small… Continue reading Invading Dream
The following is a brief excerpt from my unedited memoirs. Evolution of Choices I asked myself, what did it mean to be born on October –, 1979? For most people all it meant was being born under a particular astrological sign of the Zodiac: the Libra. For me, it felt ironic that my symbol was… Continue reading Evolution of Choices
It’s your journey. It’s your path. It begins with you. By Shari Marshall – 2019
I have seen the darkness of the other side of the abyss and felt those cold clinging tentacles that wrap and twine until breath can no longer reach you. The more you fight the tighter they grip. The blackness becomes encompassing, blinding, and so absolute that you can’t see that the appendages that bind… Continue reading Journey to Acceptance
Brewing Coffee, Twisting Words & Breaking Pencils 