It’s been a crazy year - one funeral after another, a job loss, and one of the greatest friends I could ever have being diaganosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in the middle of September. I have a mood disorder, or disorders, and anxiety is one of them. You just took my favorite Christmas movie and wrote something so meaningful...and special to me. Thank you! God Bless You! I shall pray for you...what a gift you just gave in such a blog. Now, you’ve given me the energy to finish wrapping all the things I’ve yet to!
- Becky on “George Bailey and Anxiety”
Remarkable message from a remarkable young woman that I was privileged to share some time, space and a stage with. Oh yes, and music! “I believe the music in that [show] struck a note of joy in me that nothing has ever replaced.” Thank you Sarah for the gift of you.
- Tim on “Picture of Bravery”
I love this! I too struggle with anxiety and agree that it’s something that needs to be talked about more openly! Praying for you!
- Magdalena on “George Bailey and Anxiety”
I have heard that a leap of faith is not a jump from point a to point b,but simply a jump towards an uncertainty. Thank you for taking that leap and inspiring the rest of us to be brave and jump with you. Your courage and the resulting experience reminds me of the oft sighted quote attributed to Nelson Mandela, that he used in his inauguration speech, but that actually came from a book entitled, Return to Love, by Marianne Williamson that states: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure...” (click link to read the whole comment)
- Unknown on “On Making Goals”
It is a journey and you are brave to blog about it. Good for you.
- Kelly on “George Bailey and Anxiety”
My dearest Sarah, you are wonderful, brave and amazing. Thank you for saying yes to A Christmas Carol, for saying yes to this blog and MOST importantly to saying yes to today, to life! Having lived with anxiety for over 50 years and “managing”, it sometimes seems each day the weight of the anxiety hangs on me like a ball and chain, and no matter what good and blessed things are in your life, anxiety is in the brain and it can pull, push and tear your day from beginning to end in directions you never imagined. It’s not a lack of faith or joy or resolve, it mental illness and it’s real. Surround yourself with compassion, love and good habits. Each day is a gift. You are a gift. I am always here for you.
