=>PLEASE FORWARD TO FRIENDS, FAMILY AND LOVED ONES <=\n\nHi,\n\nHow’s it going?\n\nI need your help read on please.\n\nI hope you are doing well.\n\nI just got back from the gym.\n\nYesterday was a really difficult day for me.
I had a whole lot of problems with a bunch of people
that work for me. I don’t know why but yesterday
was probably the worst day ever in terms
of different people’s different disorders
all creating problems on the same day.<\/p>\n
Hopefully everyone will be okay today.<\/p>\n
I did however get sucked into wasting a
whole lot of time arguing with several
people about absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n
I guess I kind of forgot about the nature
of the illnesses that I am up against.<\/p>\n
With now 12 people who work for me that
have bipolar disorder, I do have to remember
this.<\/p>\n
One of the most difficult things with bipolar
disorder is that the disorder causes people
to do and say things that will ultimately
lead to their demise. It’s really strange
when you think of it. There is no other
disorder outside of a mental illness where
the illness or disorder causes a person
to say things and persuade people into
things that will cause total destruction.<\/p>\n
Even though it’s difficult, I continue
to hire those with bipolar disorder and remember
the good and try to forget the bad. <\/p>\n
Just because yesterday was one of the worst
days ever, this mean that I get all mad and
throw my hands up in the air and quit.
No. I actually spent a lot of time reflecting
on what went wrong yesterday and how I got
sucked into arguing. It will NOT happen again.<\/p>\n
Okay, with that said, on Thursday, just so
you know, I am going to California on a business
trip. I have a whole lot of work to do
across several of my businesses and also
specifically with this organization for helping
people dealing with a mental illness. I have
to meet with several people.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I am leaving on Thursday.<\/p>\n
PLEASE HELP ME<\/p>\n
I need some help.<\/p>\n
I am looking for people that are in something
called Ticket To Work.<\/p>\n
If you are, please email me your experience–
how’s it going, how you like it, has it helped.<\/p>\n
Email me at feedbacktodave@mentalhealthworld.net<\/p>\n
If you have no idea what I am talking about, just
ignore this.<\/p>\n
If you know anyone, please forward this email to
them.<\/p>\n
Okay let’s move on. I brought up this
topic before and since a lot of people
are writing me with problems, I wanted
to bring it up again.<\/p>\n
Yesterday I reread something I read when I am having
a hard time. It’s by M. Scott
Peck, M.D., from the book The Road Less
Traveled. The thing about it is that it was
written in 1978, but it is still as true
today as it was back then:<\/p>\n
“Life is difficult. This is a great truth,
one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth
because once we truly see this truth, we
transcend it. Once we truly know that life
is difficult \u2013 once we truly understand and
accept it \u2013 then life is no longer difficult.
Because once it is accepted, the fact that
life is difficult no longer matters.”<\/p>\n
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Wow! Don’t you think that’s powerful?
I sure do.<\/p>\n
Especially when you’re living with
bipolar disorder. Just living life in
general is difficult enough, but when
you throw bipolar disorder into the
mix, it can seem practically impossible
sometimes, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n
We’ve talked about truth and bipolar
disorder before, but not in this way.
What Dr. Peck is talking about is
accepting truth in such a way as to
rise above it once we understand it
and accept it.<\/p>\n
So the key is to accept the truth,
Like accepting the truth of having
bipolar disorder, because once you
do, the next thing you have to do
is learn all you can about it, so you
have the knowledge you need to
rise above it \u2013 to make that
knowledge work for you, instead
of against you. In fact, that’s
one of the things that I teach
in my courses\/systems:<\/p>\n
SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER? SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER? HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER? I like the way Dr. Peck says that Just like I’m always telling you \u2013 If you believe that your life is But if you look at it as a challenge, I think what Dr. Peck is saying is That’s the way you need to look at As Dr. Peck says, “[then] the fact that What do you think? Do you agree When I started this organization, I really It’s been difficult. I constantly remind myself Your Friend,<\/p>\n Dave<\/p>\n ===>> Great Resources For You <===\n\nGet Your Own Subscription To This Newsletter Get More Help On Bipolar Disorder View Past Daily Bipolar Emails For F.REE Get Audio Information On Bipolar Disorder For F.REE =PLEASE FORWARD TO FRIENDS, FAMILY AND LOVED ONES Great Resources For You <\/p>\n
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once we truly understand and accept
that life is difficult, then life is no
longer difficult. I mean, he doesn’t
say that anything changes or anything,
I mean nothing changes in your life
except your attitude towards it!<\/p>\n
It’s always in the way you look at
things \u2013 you can look at them in a
negative way (then you’re defeated)
or in a positive way (then you’re
positive and proactive).<\/p>\n
a mess just because you or a loved
one has bipolar disorder and it has
just ruined your life, then you will
become a self-fulfilling prophecy,
and bipolar disorder probably will
ruin your life.<\/p>\n
that you’re going to overcome,
look at it like you are going to beat
it, no matter what, then that will be
your self-fulfilling prophecy, and
you will beat the bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
that YOU are responsible for how
you look at life. You have a
CHOICE. You can look at it like
it’s really difficult, or you can look
at the very same life and understand
and accept it and life is no longer as
difficult as you thought it was.<\/p>\n
your or your loved one’s disorder.<\/p>\n
life is difficult no longer matters.”<\/p>\n
with him or not?<\/p>\n
didn’t realize how hard it was going to be to
build. It’s been a massive project. I can see
why no one else has done it. Even drug companies
with millions upon millions of dollars to invest
in things, haven’t been able to figure out how
to reach and help as many people as me.<\/p>\n
that life is really difficult and you have to
deal with it. Agree?<\/p>\n
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area of bipolar disorder whether you have it or
you are supporting someone with it.
You can see them all and get the details by visiting:
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