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My name is Courtney. I am a Substance Abuse Therapist training to be a Mental Health Counselor. I desire to possess a sense of wonder each day. Join me.

Friday, August 3, 2012

patient. good and healthy

via Alice, Eve & Lithium
I've been reading this blog for a while. I appreciate Lauren's thoughtful posts and her pretty pictures.

Her husband is also a writer. 
When I taught communicable disease/ healthy relationships in group therapy, I would sometimes share his writings with my teen boys...sparked some good convos.

From a recent post entitled,   

"Top 10 Saddest/Craziest/Understandable Things I’ve Seen Christians Believe About Relationships":

9. You’ll meet The One when you don’t want him anymore. Thanks to this gem, 95% of single women at your church are silently punishing themselves for not yet figuring out how to obliterate their desire to get married or have a boyfriend. And simultaneously blaming themselves for keeping a good man away (with their thoughts? their energies? vibes? Karma? God’s punishment/reward system? I’ve never understood the mechanics of this part.). Look, if you really want to be a mom or wife one day, don’t kill off your natural healthy desires just because you can’t fulfill it right now. You wouldn’t try to convince yourself that hunger is a sin just because dinner isn’t served for another hour and a half, would you? No. You recognize it as good and healthy, and you wait patiently before the Lord. Or the cook.
- Lauren Nichole 

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