Welcome to Dymphna's Diary

Although I am not Catholic, I find it interesting that "Dymphna" is the patron saint of those who suffer from clinical depression and other mental illnesses. Considering the purpose of this site is to offer inspiration and spiritual guidance to my readers, I felt it was only right I chose her namesake for the title.

In 2010, this site was set up to pass along personal information about how depression has affected my life and the lives of my family. Since then, it has EVOLVED. In 2011, I attempted to present posts that were INSPIRATIONAL to you, my readers. In 2012, I went even deeper with personal stories from people across the United States via touching videos, songs, and interviews. My hope was to show each of you that even when you feel that you are in a situation that no one else could understand, you are not alone. Through it all, my comments have remained to be my personal opinions and spiritual reflections. I will continue to occasionally post information that I feel is beneficial in removing the stigma of mental illness, but regardless I feel blessed to have been given this platform to spread God's love and compassion for ALL people. I wouldn't be where I am today without the strength I receive daily from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. My hope is that this blog will help you find some comfort in your life. It most certainly is helping me find comfort in mine.

I want to make it perfectly clear, though, that when I make generalizations regarding mental illness, I am NOT giving advice to anyone. I'm just passing along information that I have found helpful in my life. I'm writing about MY PERSONAL experiences and thoughts. Mental illness affects everyone differently and your situation may not be reflective of mine.


Sunday, March 6, 2011

He Keeps Me in His Embrace

Sometimes life deals us a hand that is so hard to handle that we don't know how we are going to get through. What do I do in those instances? The first thing? I turn to God. The second thing? I call my sister - lol (But, only after I dry my tears from my husband's shoulder.)

A lot of times I hear people say, "How could God do this to me?" or "Why would a loving God allow this to happen?" Well, I believe that God still grants us FREEWILL. It's the same freewill that He afforded Adam and Eve, the Israelites,and even the killers of Jesus. The problem is, when people chose to take advantage of that freewill, WE sometimes get caught up in the ripple effect of their bad decisions.

As a result, innocent people have died at the hands of drunk drivers, children have been killed while attending classes at school, and parents put their children in harm's way. God doesn't cause any of these things, but they happen. WE, as people with compassion - people with kind hearts and empathy for our fellow man - must do what we can to make a difference in this world!

You may think that one person can't make a difference, but you can. It's called the Butterfly Effect. I challenge you to spread your wings and brighten the world... today!

The Butterfly Effect - The butterfly effect is a metaphor that encapsulates the concept of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory; namely, a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere. Although this may appear to be an esoteric and unusual behavior, it is exhibited by very simple systems: for example, a ball placed at the crest of a hill might roll into any of several valleys depending on slight differences in initial position. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect)

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