By Linda Rowett | Director
In April Hope Trust participated in a campaign by Mental Health Ireland to engage the public and try to provide opportunities to connect. To not rush by but to enquire 'how are you doing?', to help us to become more aware of how others are doing around us. We organised a dessert evening which was open to the public to enjoy free home made desserts and a chat. We had a very relaxed and enjoyable evening and it was a pleasure to join in a national effort to engage with others.
We hope that in the future there will be other initiatives that help our communities really reach out to one another. The temptation too often is to concentrate on ourselves, our families or our full agendas to really 'see' one another. Or else when we see someone struggling, we feel at the end of our own resources and unable to respond to their needs.
Anxiety, feeling overwhelmed or out of control are very common issues being addressed in our counselling rooms with people expressing a desire to escape in various ways. Our mission has been to unpack some of the uncertainty and connect clients with hope, purpose and to grieve the losses they have experienced. So many of our modern expectations have led us to believe we can control our destinies and so when we face wave after wave of interruptions, crisis, loss of income, lack of assurance of health and an uncertain future we become confused and shaken.
What does 'normal' look like in the 22nd century?
History seems to indicate that there are cycles or patterns that seem to be repeated over the centuries. 100 years ago Europe was trying to rebound from the devastation left after World War 1, but there have been countless devastating wars over the globe in the last 100 years which have left people traumatised, often displaced from 'home' and grappling to find a new normal and restore resilience to face tomorrow.
Learning how to maintain ones own mental health is paramount if we are to maintain any balance and have our resilience restored. Rest, peace, meditation, prayer, taking time to enjoy nature and each other, faith in God and hope are ingredients that have sustained many in the past and will again in the future.
We trust you find that inner peace that restores and fulfils.
God bless you
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