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Anxiety & an Odd Bit of Irish Info:

8/14/2015

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My unusual-for-a-woman name, Jeremy, is due to a great-grandfather who was tossed out of Ireland and exiled to the USA.  My brothers are filming a documentary in Ireland about O’Donovan Rossa on this, the 100th year anniversary of his funeral, at which Padraig Pearse uttered the famous speech that inspired the Easter Uprising. For a brief, intriguing dose of Irish History, click on the trailer at www.rossafilm.com. It is wonderful.
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa was all about Irish freedom: the freedom of self-rule and self-determination. He truly was a tough man and I am grateful that my life has not been as brutal.  Yet I like to think that in an odd, peace-loving way, I too am waving a flag on the front lines for those of us whose quest for freedom is an inside job. If these are first world troubles—perhaps it is our privilege to address internal suffering not only on our own behalf, but on behalf of the millions who cannot.

My line of work would have earned me a loud “harrumph!” from O’Donovan Rossa. He lived true to the William Butler Yeats line: “Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.” Yet the solo suffering of anxiety is as legitimate as any other: we are squelched and our lives shrivel. I encourage you to fight for internal freedom by engaging with the visualizations, activities and body cues in Anxiety Soothers. Build your emotional muscle so you can relax into the good moments of your life and sustain yourself through the inevitable times of travail.


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Ann marie
8/17/2015 02:54:53 am

When I was a young one I had a 'bring it on' attitude toward difficulties. Perhaps to master them? Now, as an elder, I bask in the quiet moments. I have been a 'Freedom Fighter' for my internal peace of mind, it's taken my life time and it is SO worth the fight. Visualizations were/are key for me. Thanks Jeremy, AMK

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