In Recognition of the Lighthouse Keepers

How do we survive? We survive because of God’s grace, the grace of invisible angels and miraculous helpers, and of course, the momentary boosts of energy that waft our way mysteriously. When I think of the past year, unemployed, looking for work, finishing a novel I had been struggling to complete, I know it could have been worse. I consider the life of the Russian writer, Pavel Petrovich Bazhov (1879-1950)

Christijan Robert BroerseFebruary 8, 2022spiritual, self-knowledge, self-honesty, spiritual lighthouse keepers, guidance, love

Paramours of a complacent suffering: the unquestionable allure of illness

From a place of retrospect, it makes sense that she was so curt in her response. With over fifteen thousand subscribers to her channel, each video getting three thousand plus views, why would she change her channel’s format? Suffering was the secret to her success. When you’re not sick, how can you have the attention? Where is your identity now? Healing would mean shooting the goose laying the golden egg.

Christijan Robert BroerseOctober 21, 2021illness-as-identity, identifying with illness, overcoming colitis, honesty, self-honesty, self-knowledge

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