“It is better to be whole than to be good.” ~John Middleton Murray Discouragement is usually an unwelcome guest. Every time it comes knocking on my door, I try to shoo it away or sweep it under the rug. In fact, many of us want nothing more than for happiness to be our constant state of being, and have a hard time forgiving ourselves when we falter. It happens: We can get immersed in the thick of discouragement for days, feeling mopey, downtrodden, physically, mentally, and emotionally “burnt out” and all in all “not ourselves.” When I am in this … Continue reading Embracing Our Darkness: We Don’t Always Have to Be Happy