Miriam E. Miles

Tag: mental health

  • salt

    salt

    Don’t look back, He said, lest you turn to salt; it’s time to do new things, and forget the old – every day is a new day – His mercies are new every morning…

  • water-logged

    water-logged

    sopping up the dribble, hands and feet, fretting over every drop, its stain on the floor, its presence

  • Anchor

    Anchor

    My boat sits atop the ocean, the sky, and waves indistinguishable in the dead of night. I sense the wave coming and brace

  • Plates

    Plates

    jeering a grin water-coloured crystal shimmer spindle-esqe discs spin

  • Fragments

    Fragments

    Scattered they are strewn confetti pieces of fragments

  • We must

    We must

    We must reflect on what has come before, what is now, and what may be. If we do not,

  • Whose 8 Ball am I behind?

    Whose 8 Ball am I behind?

    For as long as I can remember I have felt like I’ve missed something – some kind of hidden social instructions I seem to have not received at birth

  • Fake it Till you Make it

    Fake it Till you Make it

    ‘Just fake it till you make it’, they say, but who really lives this idiom? Spoiler alert – as far as I know, no one does. Definitely not me. I get it though. It’s sometimes worth giving ourselves a pep talk, shooting from the hip

  • Chaos is everywhere – why anxiety should take a back seat.

    Chaos is everywhere – why anxiety should take a back seat.

    I find myself very teary this week. There are so many issues right now stirring me up and not one of them is less important than another.

  • Grit

    Grit

    Never before have I felt the pull so strong, to put pen to paper, declare I belong on the page. The written stage –

  • Bloom

    Bloom

    As we allow the God of love and grace to unfold our journey one day at a time we provide space for him to speak and reveal that which will empower and mature us.

  • Breaking up with productivity

    Breaking up with productivity

    Dear Productivity, I am breaking up with you. Sorry, it’s not me, it’s you. In fact, I am breaking up with the band and going solo. Please let Time Management, Goal Setting, Getting Things Done and Busyness know while I appreciate their companionship, I have to move on.