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My spring housekeeping was interrupted by a clash with the medical system.<\/strong> I\u2019d learned a couple of weeks earlier that my health insurance had dropped coverage of my very expensive ulcerative colitis medication. The next week, the first solution I was offered hit a snag, and I spent last week scrambling to figure out what to do. I ran out of meds Wednesday, but fortunately my symptoms stayed quiet.<\/p>\n The crisis did get me to start on a housekeeping project I\u2019d been procrastinating on, updating my budget. I also put my finances into my daily admin routine so they\u2019d be easier to keep track of.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n On my spirituality statement, I added some notes on the reasons I lack clarity, and I collected thoughts on coping based on my insurance crisis.<\/strong> My need for clarity came down to the fact that the Bible and Christian theology paint in broad, patchy brushstrokes that leave out some important perspectives for the believer to fill in. For a relevant example, we\u2019re told we\u2019ll have much suffering in this world and must set our hopes on the next. Yet God will care for our needs like the flowers of the field. How should we reconcile those claims?<\/p>\n On coping, one very practical technique that I was reminded works well for me is pacing and writing. It lets my mind wander to places it needs to go while giving my body something to do, and the writing anchors me in the places I\u2019ve reached.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude0c<\/p>\n I took full advantage of the warmer weather to do more coping out in nature.<\/strong> I made the rounds to some of my usual parks and forests. Even though my mind was preoccupied a lot of the time, it was good to be out there, and the interesting sights sometimes pulled my attention away from my troubles.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A post shared by Andy Culbertson (@thinkulum)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\nSpirituality<\/h2>\n
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