The Trinity Temple

Dear friend, If you are living with anxiety, you may know what it is like for your body to be sitting in one place while your mind is somewhere else entirely. Your body is here. But your thoughts are already in tomorrow. Perhaps you are imagining a conversation that hasn't happened. A disaster that hasn't occurred. A rejection you haven't received. A mistake you haven't made. A future you cannot control. The mind says: “What if?” What if something goes wrong? What if they don't like me? What if I fail? What if I lose someone? What if I get sick? What if I embarrass myself? What if I can't handle what comes next? And sometimes the hardest part is that anxiety doesn't simply feel like a thought. It can feel like a physical storm. Your heart beats faster. Your muscles tighten. Your stomach changes. Your breathing becomes uncomfortable. You become restless. You want certainty. You want reassurance. You want someone to tell you: “Everything will be okay.” But anx...

  Dear friends, There is a question beneath many of the questions we ask about life: “Am I enough?” Am I enough if I fail? Am I enough if someone rejects me? Am I enough if I am poor? Am I enough if I am not beautiful? Am I enough if I am not successful? Am I enough if nobody notices me? Am I enough if I have made terrible mistakes? Am I enough if someone I love doesn't love me back? Am I enough if I am getting older? Am I enough if another person is smarter, richer, more attractive, more talented, or more successful? We live in a world that constantly measures people. Your appearance is measured. Your income is measured. Your education is measured. Your productivity is measured. Your popularity is measured. Your accomplishments are measured. Even your relationships can become measurements. How many friends? How many followers? How many people admire you? How much money do you make? What kind of house do you have? What kind of car do you drive? What have you accomplished? And gradu...

  Dear friends, There are wounds that are visible, and there are wounds that nobody else can see. A broken bone can be examined. A cut can be treated. A bruise can eventually disappear. But what happens when someone wounds your heart? What happens when someone betrays you? What happens when someone lies about you? What happens when someone humiliates you? What happens when someone abandons you when you needed them? What happens when someone you trusted becomes the person who hurts you? And what happens when the wound is so deep that every time you think about that person, anger rises again? You may say: “I don't want to hate them anymore, but I don't know how to stop.” Perhaps you have tried. You told yourself to forget. You tried to forgive. You prayed. You avoided them. You talked about what happened. But the anger keeps returning. Sometimes you imagine what you wish you had said. Sometimes you imagine them finally understanding what they did. Sometimes you want them to suffe...