A Clearing in the Thicket

Hello there! I hope that 2012 has been and will continue to be well for you! :) Can you believe how fast time is going? Valentine's Day stuff is ALREADY in stores! Speaking of which, if you, awesome person, would like a Valentine from yours truly......please leave a comment or e-mail me. Get your request to me quickly before I run out! I will start sending Valentines on February 1^st, in order to accommodate for International pals.

As far as how I am doing personally, well, I'm a lot better than I was last year, but.....I'm not out of the woods just yet. There's just been a little clearing in the thicket. But the sunshine is nice. I'm waiting for the new antidepressant to kick in, but if things don't change by the end of this month, I may have to do another walk-in meeting with my doctor. It's annoying (on both ends, believe me, I know) but it is important that I find the meds that will best work to help me manage my mental disorder.

For the next few weeks, I will be working on a major project in Psychology. I'm doing the entire thing on my own, research and writing, so it will be pretty intense and will require a serious and devoted hermitage. I'm thinking that my research for this project will be related to mental illness. After all, it is my life, haha! Well, not entirely, but pretty close!

More later!

Peace always,

V

The Peace of Wild Things

"When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and [other] children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake 
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. 
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. "

~ Wendell Berry


2012 is here! It's a new day, a new year, and yet another chance to just take a deep breath, pause, and appreciate a second chance at life. Thinking about this poem and imagining the peace of wild things helps me to realize that life goes on, and what's past, is past. At this time, I rest in the grace of the world, and am starting to feel free.

Peace always,

Vanessa