Hi,
How’s it going?
Do you remember the old fable about the tortoise and the hare?
Some say that’s where we get the expression, “Slow and steady wins the race.”
But I was thinking about the hare in that story.
He started out of the gate real quick, but then he just didn’t follow through.
So I want to ask you:
Whatever you’re doing, can you do it long-term?
Because those people who are like the hare, can’t.
Or for whatever reason, they just don’t.
Maybe they get discouraged.
Maybe they feel like it’s too hard for them.
Maybe they can’t deal with the inevitable setbacks.
Maybe their negative feelings take over.
There could be many reasons why people with bipolar disorder don’t “slow and steady win the race.”
You start out at the gate with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
Then you’re told you have to be on medication for it, and that you have to be on that medication for the rest of your life.
And that’s hard for some people to take.
But then they do take the medication, and it makes them feel better.
Unfortunately, some people, when they start to feel better, they “drop out of the race,” and don’t want to take their medication any more, not realizing that it’s the medication that is making
them feel so good.
And when someone with bipolar disorder goes off their medication, there is sure to be an episode as a result.
Then they’re right back to the beginning of the race.
Some people start an exercise program, and they start out quick from the shoot, but then they eventually stop exercising.
Others start a diet and do really great in the beginning but then don’t keep up with it.
Some go to all their doctors, psychiatrists, and therapist appointments all the time at first, but then drop off.
You can’t go from bad (worst) to good (great) in one leap.
Because some things take time, and being steady over that time.
And you may not see the results at first – like a diet.
But if you stick with it, you will see the results.
Bipolar disorder does mean a change in lifestyle, to be sure.
But you have to maintain that lifestyle change over a period of time in order to recover, like I talk about in my courses/systems.
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Like they say with some things, “They didn’t get this way overnight, and they’re not going to change overnight.”
The problem is that we live in a “right now” kind of society.
Fast food restaurants.
TV dinners.
Credit cards.
People are used to getting things quickly.
But stability isn’t something that can be gotten quickly.
Yes, you have to do some things that you don’t want to do.
But it’s kind of like putting something on layaway at Christmas time, then making payments on it, until you eventually get it.
You do that because whatever you’re buying is worth it to you – is worth the wait to get it.
Well, stability is like that.
Everything positive you do to get it, every “payment” you make towards recovery is worth the wait.
You just have to keep doing what works.
And you need to do it over the long haul, steadily.
Because slow and steady, in this case, really does win the race.
And don’t you think it’s worth it?