Hi, how\u2019s it going? Hope you are doing well.<\/p>\n
Have you ever heard the phrase \u201cMake do with what you have\u201d? Well, for some people this has to be taken in a very literal way. I heard a story at one point of someone who was living in a homeless shelter.<\/p>\n
All they had to use was plastic utensils, and they didn\u2019t always have a full set of those, either. Sometimes they had to stir coffee with a knife because they didn\u2019t have a spoon, or spread butter with a fork because they didn\u2019t have a knife.<\/p>\n
Sometimes they had to grab something hot with a towel, blanket, or a bunch of napkins, because they didn\u2019t have any hot pad holders. Sometimes they had to cook pancakes in muffin pans, because someone else was using the pan. Sometimes they had to boil stuff in the microwave because the stove was already being used.<\/p>\n
But they didn\u2019t let any of that get them down. They kept pressing on, until they got to the point that they could get themselves out of the mess they were in.<\/p>\n
Sometimes people who have bipolar disorder and their supporters also have to make do with what they have. If you are a supporter, this might mean that you have to make do with the amount of patience you have been granted. You need to recognize when you\u2019ve reached your limit, and when you need to ask for help. You also need to recognize when you can keep going on, no matter how hard it may seem.<\/p>\n
This might also mean that you have to make do with the coping skills that you currently have. Now, this doesn\u2019t mean that you shouldn\u2019t learn more. In fact, you should always be looking to learn more coping skills, and to share the ones you know.<\/p>\n
But while you are still learning the new ones, you need to manage with the ones you already had. Sometimes this can be hard, especially if you didn\u2019t have adequate coping skills to begin with.<\/p>\n
But each of us has to deal with the hand we have been given. And each of us needs to learn to move past the hand we have been given and make our own life in this world. It seems a little contradictory, but both sides are true. Does this make sense to you?<\/p>\n
If you have bipolar disorder, making do with what you have looks a little bit different. It means learning to cope with your bipolar disorder, and learning to get to the point where it doesn\u2019t hold you back.<\/p>\n
This means that you have to accept your bipolar at some point so that you can learn to cope with it. If you never accept it, you\u2019ll never be able to move on. Regardless of whether you are a person who has bipolar disorder or their supporter, in the battle against bipolar you need to make do with what you have.<\/p>\n
What ways do you think you could make do until you can make things better?<\/p>\n
Well, I have to go!<\/p>\n
Your Friend,<\/p>\n
Dave<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hi, how\u2019s it going? Hope you are doing well.<\/p>\n
Have you ever heard the phrase \u201cMake do with what you have\u201d? Well, for some people this has to be taken in a very literal way. I heard a story at one point of someone who was living in a homeless shelter.<\/p>\n
All they had to use was plastic utensils, and they didn\u2019t always have a full set of those, either. Sometimes they had to stir coffee with a knife because they didn\u2019t have a spoon,<\/p>\n