Hi,
Hope your day is going really, really well.
First Happy Labor Day to everyone who celebrates Labor Day.
Wikipedia writes that “Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September. The holiday originated in 1882 as the Central Labor Union (of New York City) sought to create “a day off for the working citizens” just in case you were out of the United States and wondering.
Like I said yesterday I was hiking. People were asking where and how far. I went to upstate New York and New Jersey.
The trail was super difficult. I mean really difficult. It was over 10 miles. I got lost so many times. There were people that I met in the middle of the woods totally lost. I couldn’t even help because I barely knew where I was going.
Some ran out of water. I did towards the end as well. NONE of us knew how hard and long it was going to be. It was amazing.
I actually fell and hurt my leg as well so I am limping today. I might have to go to the doctor tomorrow if it doesn’t get better. I am heading off to the gym because I have a rule that if I am going to skip the gym I have to at least go there and sit on on piece of equipment.
I am probably going to do an upper body machine today.
Oh one more thing. I met a person in the woods that was a scientist that said he had a friend that was a top researcher for bipolar and schizophrenia. I am going to be emailing him to try to setup an interview. Pretty interesting? Never know who you will meet huh?
Okay enough of the updates on me.
I am an outdoors person so I see out a lot of stuff in nature.
Yesterday I saw a bunch of roses while I was hiking.
Someone sent me an email about a rose and it’s a great lesson for bipolar disorder.
Take a look at this poem that someone sent me:
Life is like a rose.
In order to partake of its beauty You must also suffer the pain of Its thorns
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Now, that may be a good statement about life in general, but I’ll tell you what it has to do with bipolar disorder.
So let’s talk about what it says, and how it does relate to bipolar disorder.
We’d all like our loved one’s bipolar disorder to go along without a hitch.
We’d love it if they were medication complaint, stuck with their treatment plan, had no more episodes, always saw their doctors, therapists, etc., without complaining…
We’d love it if they would always take care of themselves (so we wouldn’t have to), stick to a good diet (and never cheat), exercise (and not get lazy), and sleep right (never staying up too late to watch those late movies or TV shows).
We’d love it if we had a stress-free life as a supporter of a loved one with bipolar disorder. Yes, we’d love those things.
But that’s not reality, is it?
The reality is like what the author wrote about the rose.
You have to take the bad with the good.
A rose is very beautiful. But it also has its thorns.
Just like bipolar disorder. It has its good days. But it also has its bad days too, doesn’t it?
In my courses/systems below, I don’t just talk about the good parts of bipolar disorder – I tell you how to deal with the bad things, too – about how to deal with episodes, and even how to deal with what happens after episodes:
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What a beautiful life it would be if we didn’thave to deal with bipolar disorder…
NOT TRUE!
We’d still have to deal with life itself.
And, like the poem, which was NOT about bipolar disorder, by the way, it was about LIFE…
No life is perfect. You’d still have to deal with many of the same problems you’re having to deal with that you are now with your loved one’s bipolar disorder.
So what I’m trying to say is…
Don’t feel sorry for yourself when times get bad, because they would get bad sometimes with or without having to deal with bipolar disorder in your life.
That’s just life itself.
Learn from the Lesson of the Rose.
Kind of interesting huh? I get a lot of great things sent to me because there is so many smart people on my list.
Many people incorrectly think my list is full of “crazy people.” I have several very large mailing lists and by far, the smartest people are on my bipolar list.
Which brings up another topic for another day which is how smart people with bipolar disorder really are.
Hey I have to run. I am heading off to a friend’s house today. Catch you tomorrow. If you are taking the day off, have a great one.
Oh, what did you think of that poem?
Oh, I am going to try to get some of my hiking photos posted for you to see.
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