📫 Hungry & Anxious – Weekend Words #053

Powerful reminders for a smarter weekend

September 27, 2025

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Happy Saturday. Your weekend words are: hungry and anxious.

“Many of us are hungry to feel that our lives matter. We are hungry to belong. We are hungry for warmer, more trusting relationships. We are hungry to live in a society that accepts us for who we are. Everything we are hungry to receive must come from others who are also hungry for the same things. How can a society of hungry people feed one another what they need?”

— Corey Keyes, Languishing

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“ANXIETY IS ITS OWN creature. Anxiety asks me to focus on the terrible things I’ve done. The people I’ve hurt. The promises I’ve broken. Anxiety tells me to make a list. Mistakes. Regrets. Lies. A litany of shortcomings, a coil tightened, ready to spring.”

More from the author in our word of the week: Somatization.

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