Your anxiety and anger, fear and frustrations, and doubt and despair are signals to look to your Shepherd to quench your thirst. We don’t have to drown our distress in spiritualized shame. Transformation into a person who experiences the Shepherd as near and kind happens by practicing a different posture toward the darkest parts of your self and story. Every anxious thought arises from a physiological need for safety. Every sorrow is a spot to be soothed.
