A Wellness Path

Faith & Mental Health Relationships & Connection

How to Pray for a Narcissist: 10 Ways

I want to pray, but don’t know how. How to Pray for a Narcissist. It begins with honesty. It prays for light. Can a Narcissist change? That’s a question many people ask. But it’s much like that old joke about psychologists changing a lightbulb. How many psychologists does it […]

Poetry

Scolded

Scolded Scolded Why did you do that?You gave it all awayYou broke a precious bottleShould have been kept for another day It could have been used To feed the poorIt could have been used To make me more What a wastePerfumed ointmentExtravagant gesture Death anointment It’s a gift of loveMoney […]

Faith & Mental Health

Satan: The Perfect Narcissist

What does perfect narcissism look like? We can see it in the evil of Satan. I read a list the other day about the characteristics of those with narcistic personality disorder. Grandiose Sense of Self-Importance: They believe they are superior and special, deserving of exceptional treatment and recognition. Exploitative […]

Poetry

I want to know you Christ

I want to know you Christ I want to know you ChristAnd to make you knownI want to fall in your footprintsReap the harvest you have sown I want to noticeWhen you slip into the roomPresence of fragranceNo longer in a tomb I want to knowThe punctures in your skinMay […]

Faith & Mental Health

Narcissism: A God-shaped hole

There is a God-shaped hole in me. A narcissism entrancement holds me, but I can break the spell when I invite Jesus into the void. There once was an Australian sitcom that I used to watch. It was called Kath and Kim. The two central characters were Kath, the […]

Poetry

In my Hiding Place

In my hiding place You are a hiding place for me A large rock A small crevice My ant like self can find a home Deep within its bossom I follow the fissure I burrow in deep I hide my self in you Feathers fall at my feet Safe and […]

Getting Well Staying Well Mental Illnesses

Search me. Know my Anxious Thoughts.

There is a fear in all of us. It’s been there seemingly forever. The Psalmist sings ‘Search me, Know my Anxious Thoughts.’ Can God be that good? I was watching a TV program about border control in the U.S.A. The officers had a tip that someone coming through immigration was […]

Poetry

The orphan and the widow

The orphan and the widow The orphan and the widow You provide for them both Both lost attachments You care for their growth You watch over strangers You care for the poor Prisoners locked up inside Need not worry anymore I secure my attachment I cling to the host […]

Poetry Uncategorized

I Remember

I Remember I remember From this day The little gifts Left along the way I remember the silence I remember the sounds Little dog ears Even there you are found I add them all up When my mind starts to wander To places of fear Despondency bondage I’m growing […]

Getting Well Staying Well Helping Others Mental Illnesses

You Prepare a Table Before Me

I worry about what’s ahead, but I have a shepherd who prepares a table before me, so I wait, trust and see. A friend recently sent a job offering to me. It was to come to a town called Echuca in Victoria Australia and be a snake catcher. Yes, […]