Five Minute Friday: Trade

Being able to participate in the last Five Minute Friday, it was awakened my creative writing, and I have decided to participate in this week's FMF.

I love to write, so these weekly writing prompts are helping me in figuring out what I want to write.

And I love that!

This week's Five Minute Friday is: Trade


For many years, I have been dealing with depression and anxiety.
It has made so many days difficult.
It was a struggle to do even the simplest things.

It affected my sleep
It affected my eating habits
It affected my mood
It affected my thoughts
It affected everything in my life

If I could trade it for peace and rest
I would in a heartbeat

Although
Without experiencing depression and anxiety
I wouldn't have the compassion, empathy, and understanding
Of others who went through similar experiences

I still deal with the depression and anxiety
(More so with anxiety)
But not nearly as bad as in the beginning
Trading them for peace now
Would mean I can truly rest

I wouldn't have to struggle
With the worry that something might happen
I wouldn't have racing thoughts
Or the fear of the unknown

It is so hard to ask for help
But I know that there are people 
Who are willing to be with me
In my times of need

I know that God is there for me as well.
That he wants to hear from me
He wants to take away the things that
Worry me
That give me anxiety

I just have to learn to turn to him
And let it go
So that he can do what he does best

To love and care for me
And to always be by my side
No matter what

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  1. AndrewDecember 4, 2024 at 3:01 AM

    In the canyons of the night
    when my path becomes unclear,
    my knees are weak for there just might
    be monsters that are waiting here
    to devour such as me
    in a toothsome tearing gnash,
    but as it happens I won't be
    all that easy of a catch
    for the Lord walks at my side
    and the darkness thus is banished,
    making monsters run and hide,
    and, look now! they all have vanished!
    I'm just so glad I'm not alone;
    I'd have been eaten on my own.

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