Metanoia

Depression is not a one size fits all. There are so many variations of it. Mild Depression, Clinical Depression, Circumstantial Depression, Post Partum Depression. There are hundreds of thousands of books written on it. There are numerous medications to treat it. There are varying opinions on it. I can only speak on my experience with depression. I can only display my garment of misery, and it may not look or feel like yours. I am not offering up medical advice, or a miracle cure...just my story. I used to think you could simply power on into life, leaving your hardships behind. Almost like a snake sheds its skin, I too could molt my past and slither on into a new beginning. Life unfortunately doesn't work that way. I don't think the snake analogy is all that wrong though. After all isn't the purpose of a snake sloughing it's skin to allow growth? A shed is only a layer of the snakes skin, and the underlying skin is much healthier and vibrant once the shed is c...

I started this blog a year ago. I named it Metanoia, because the definition of Metanoia is basically a change in ones way of life, change of mind. I needed both badly. I believe in the past year I made incredible progress into finding myself, or maybe redefining myself. Life is full of that isn't it? I had figure out who I was when I ventured out into the great big world as adult for the first time. Then I married. Then divorced. Married again. Became a mom. Lost my mom. All these instances I fumbled with my identity. And it wasn't until this past year that I became clear to me why I was floundering so much with each circumstance. Because I wasn't rooted. And the ONLY place one can truly find themselves, the authentic created human being they are...is in their Creator. This world is a deceiver. And every time you chase after the things of it, you are left unsatisfied. I have rooted myself in all the wrong places and I have withered, been trampled on,  and I have been bro...