#unmet needs

[loveyourlovelysoul]

Gentle reminder that you don't have to reply to people immediately. You can take your time, especially if you feel overwhelmed by them, their message or anything else going on in your life. You can tell them something like "I'm sorry I need to stay alone at this moment, I will answer you as soon as I feel better mentally". You don't have to answer them immediately so to not upset them: what about you being upset and maybe even frustrated? What if this feeling made you answer the them rudely or harshly, to lash out on them even if it's not what you wanted to? And it all would make it worse on you and make you feel guilty? You can avoid all this by simply talking about your needs openly. Take time for yourself, it's okay. Everyone goes through bad stuff, everyone takes time off from it all. You can do that too. Be nice with you.

[thepeacefulgarden]

[wordsofwisdomandsoul]

[kimchicuddles]

When jealousy is helpful...

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[momentsbeforemass]

Poor in spirit

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

It’s the start of today’s Gospel (all of Jesus’ “Blessed are the…” sayings). And it’s something we don’t really hear anywhere else. So what does it mean to be “poor in spirit?”

The whole “blessed are the poor is spirit” thing is both a reality check. And a promise.

The reality check? Being poor in spirit is nothing that you and I have to do. Rather, being poor in spirit is where we are, today and every day.

Every day you and I start off from a place of need, a place of poverty. Lacking what we need spiritually, and (on one level or another) being acutely aware of that shortfall.

If you wonder where our anxiety comes from? This is a big part of it.

We may deal with it in different ways. Trying to meet that need through success or stuff, distractions or addictions. But however we do it, all of still comes from that same place of need, of poverty.

Because no matter how much we want to be self-sufficient (and we want to be), the simple truth is that we are not self-sufficient. And never can be.

God knows this about us.

God’s point of reminding us of this? That’s the promise.

To make sure that we know this about us. To make sure that we know that we don’t have to handle this on our own.

God loves us too much to leave us stuck. Lacking what we need.

Stuck trying to be something that we never can be – self-sufficient.

God loves us so much – that He’s willing to do whatever it takes to meet our need (in case you wondered what Good Friday was all about).

Giving us what we need. Helping us to be what we were always meant to be – God-sufficient.

Today’s Readings

[0tho]

November 4, 2024

Stop accepting scraps when they don't make you full.

[stimpunks]

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[you-are-going-to-make-it]

I was taking what was offered to me, even though it wasn’t enough.

[curtdiggity1523]

[fracturedlullabies]

A Tale of Maternal Monsters

Beneath a mother's cold, indifferent stare,

A child's heart echoes with a desperate prayer.

Emotions wither in a sunken maze,

Monsters lurking, leaving a haunting daze.

The hue of dirt upon a rain-washed bone,

A metaphor for a love left all alone.

Are you dead or simply breathing in disguise,

In the void where a mother's love denies?

A phantom touch, a skeletal embrace,

Leaving scars like raindrops on a barren face.

Screams muffled, in the silence they confide,

Mortars of neglect in the darkness hide.

Through glass walls, the cruelest kind,

The child's reflection distorted, entwined.

Are you dead or breathing, a constant strife,

In the shards of love, a fractured life?

Monsters wear the guise of those we trust,

Yet, the child's heart craves a love robust.

In the shattered remnants of a love amiss,

Longing for warmth, an eternal abyss.

[loveyourlovelysoul]

Ofc when you've been told to communicate or talk about something and all you (often if not always) got was being shut down, talked over, judged, gaslighted and left with your emotional needs unmet, it really stays with you and it doesn't let you have the will to communicate and talk, or even ask for help or support, anymore. But please remember that not everyone is going to let you down, or shut you, or talk over you or anything of that kind. Not everyone will not be able to understand you and treat you like that. Be patient and give yourself the chance to find the right people for you. Do not give up please, keep talking and asking until you find those willing to listen to you and help you as you need and deserve.

[thepeacefulgarden]

[iamtheweirdomister]

[wordsofwisdomandsoul]

[momentsbeforemass]

Ask

What do I need?

Not “what do I want?” But, really, but what do I actually need?

Not just “what do I actually need to keep body and soul together?” That’s a good place to start.

Just don’t stop there. Take the question to the next level. The level that God is calling each one of us to.

What do I actually need – to thrive? Not just in body. But soul as well. 

This is where God wants us to be. Not just surviving. But thriving. Body and soul.

This is what today’s Gospel is about. This is exactly what God wants us to be asking Him for.

Because you and I have needs that can only be met by God.

It’s just part of how we’re made. And until those needs are met, you and I will never have peace.

As Pascal puts it, “There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of each person which cannot be satisfied by any created things but only by God the Creator, made known through Jesus Christ.”

The point of today’s Gospel?

That you and I shouldn’t waste our time worrying about we’re going to meet those needs on our own.

On our own, we can’t. Not in any way that works for very long.

All we really need to do is to go to God. And ask.

Today’s Readings