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2 days ago
1 min

Goals... good to write them down somewhere

I keep a little business card sized card in my wallet that I printed up at home many years ago. Probably about 15 years ago. On it are pr...

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Dan Popovich

5 days ago
1 min

Thoughts and questions about the "domestic church"

I hear that term in some circles. Domestic church. I'm pretty sure that refers to one's family. The person that I associate with my first...

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Dan Popovich

5 days ago
1 min

Important to be around normal and healthy people

Normal and healthy people don't judge you because of a particular diagnosis (or any other distinguishing factor that might set you apart ...

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Dan Popovich

5 days ago
1 min

Poem: Most Holy Trinity

What is all the controversy? I ask myself right now. Some well meaning worshippers Are furling their brow When I say that Christ is One W...

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Dan Popovich

Aug 2
2 min

More personal reflections on boredom

Boredom, like every negative thing, always presents us with a GREAT opportunity to step outside ourselves (our selfishness) and to go exp...

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Dan Popovich

Aug 2
1 min

How I prepare to meet Him at Mass

I simply follow the directions of Holy Mother Church. The Bride of Christ. No. Really I just fast an hour before and put on my best cloth...

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Dan Popovich

Aug 1
2 min

Anger and wrath... I prefer the Peaceable Kingdom

Okay. I am going to do a little exercise here that I am going to make up to test the limits of my anger responses. (NOTE: I am purely an ...

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Dan Popovich

Aug 1
2 min

Taking spiritual breaths and finding your voice...

What do you do when you are supposedly "trapped" in a situation from which you can't seem to get any relief from? It is good that we have...

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Dan Popovich

Jul 31
2 min

The power of sleep

I know that sleeping too much can be a problem for some but I am convinced that there is real healing power in being able to drift off to...

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Dan Popovich

Jul 29
2 min

Mental Health Care: Don't let it scare you

My first memory of anything having to do with mental health care was having seen the film "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" on t.v. at WA...

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Dan Popovich

Jul 27
2 min

My prayer life... needs improvement

I went to confession a few weeks ago and the first thing the priest asked me was how is my prayer life? I responded that it is quite "hit...

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Dan Popovich

Jul 26
1 min

Baseball game: A lazy Sunday summer poem

Sitting here with fam'ly round We watch the game and cheer the sound Relaxing joy to chat and see Th' purpose of eternity What? Baseball?...

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Dan Popovich

Jul 26
2 min

Making money off the suffering of others...

This is a post regarding the topic of my goal of helping bring about more compassionate and effective mental health care for all. (My min...

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Dan Popovich

Jul 26
2 min

Christ-monger? Oh I hope not

The picture is of Christ driving out the money-changers from the temple. I suspect it might have some relation to the subject of "getting...

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Dan Popovich

Jul 18
2 min

What repentance means to me

This isn't a catechism or even dictionary definition, this is just a reflection on my life thus far (I am 53 years of age) and what my "g...

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Dan Popovich

Jul 16
1 min

That's heavy mannnnn...

Actually this post isn't about anything "deep" or intellectual. It is just about overall mental and physical, and spiritual health. I had...

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Dan Popovich

Jul 12
1 min

Fruits of our labor... examples of good coping mechanisms

I got a chance to tend to the tomato garden today. (Yes, those three pictured are actually tomatoes. They are German or Sausage tomatoes ...

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Dan Popovich

Jul 12
1 min

And I stress...

No, I wasn't going to emphasize any kind of doctrine or whatnot. I simply want to let you the reader know that I too stress out sometimes...

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Dan Popovich

Jun 4
2 min

4:30 p.m. How's the day going?

Do you ever pause somewhere in the day and evaluate how things went so far? I'm going to do something different today and ask God to eval...

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Dan Popovich

Jun 4
2 min

Is this "as it is in Heaven"?

That is the question that I've been asking myself this morning regarding many aspects of my life and this world. The "Our Father" prayer ...

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