{"id":5359,"date":"2007-12-13T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-13T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-disorder-lessons-from-turtles-and-rabbits\/"},"modified":"2007-12-13T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-13T13:45:00","slug":"bipolar-disorder-lessons-from-turtles-and-rabbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-disorder-lessons-from-turtles-and-rabbits\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder lessons from Turtles and Rabbits"},"content":{"rendered":"

==>>Help with ALL aspects of bipolar disorder<<==
Check out all my resources, programs and information
for all aspects of bipolar disorder by visiting:
http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/catalog.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

Hi,<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got a question for you:<\/p>\n

What do rabbits, turtles, and
bipolar disorder all have to do with
each other?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a hint: Aesop.<\/p>\n

Got it?<\/p>\n

Aesop wrote a fairy tale you
may remember from your childhood
about the tortoise and the hare.<\/p>\n

The fable goes like this:<\/p>\n

There once was a speedy hare who
bragged about how fast he could run.
Tired of hearing him boast, Slow and
Steady, the tortoise, challenged the
hare to a race. All the animals in the
forest gathered to watch.<\/p>\n

Hare ran down the road for a while and
then paused to rest. He looked back at
Slow and Steady and cried out, \u201cHow do
you expect to win this race when you are
walking along at your slow, slow pace?\u201d<\/p>\n

Hare stretched himself out alongside the
road and fell asleep, thinking, \u201cThere is
plenty of time to relax.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slow and Steady walked and walked. He
never, ever stopped until he came to the
finish line.<\/p>\n

The animals who were watching cheered
so loudly for Tortoise, they woke up Hare.<\/p>\n

Hare stretched and yawned and began to
run again, but it was too late. Tortoise was
over the line.<\/p>\n

After that, Hare always reminded himself,
\u201cDon\u2019t brag about your lightning pace,
for Slow and Steady won the race!\u201d<\/p>\n

——————————————–<\/p>\n

To this day, you\u2019ll still here the expression,
\u201cSlow and Steady wins the race.\u201d
Now you know where it came from!<\/p>\n

Ok, so what does that have to do with
bipolar disorder?<\/p>\n

In my courses, I go into great detail about
learning how to develop systems, or
routines, and how important that is:<\/p>\n

SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/a><\/p>\n

SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/p>\n

HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a><\/p>\n

But in light of the fable and its moral of
\u201cslow and steady wins the race,\u201d you need
to develop a routine, something or things
that you do everyday \u2013 that\u2019s the slow and
steady part. Whether you are a bipolar
supporter OR a bipolar survivor.<\/p>\n

Some people whine that that is too boring,
but most people have told me that it has
literally made the difference in them
becoming a high functioning person with
bipolar disorder or not.<\/p>\n

It truly is like the tortoise in the fable.
By going slow and steady, by sticking to
their routine, their treatment plan, taking
their medication, doing everything they
are supposed to do (and not complaining
about it), they are \u201cwinning the race\u201d with
bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

To those who think there should be a magic
button or magic word that will make their
loved one better overnight, well, I compare
that to the hare in the fable. It just isn\u2019t
going to happen, no matter what you think,
no matter what you try.<\/p>\n

Remember, \u201cSlow and steady wins the
race.\u201d<\/p>\n

I can tell you FOR SURE. That those who
are super successful with bipolar disorder
believe this. Nothing happens over night.
It\u2019s a process. <\/p>\n

In today\u2019s society, people want everything
FAST and right away. They what to make
a million quick. They become way overweight
and then go to the gym a few times and look
incredible. They want to learn how to read
fast in a half a day. They want to go from
the bottom of their job to the top overnight.
They want their bipolar medication to work on
the first try and work perfect. The list goes on.<\/p>\n

Actually TV promotes that this is all possible.
Many times you hear and read stories about
people achieving tremendous success in a
super short period of time. I have found
every time I research this, it\u2019s a \u201cstatistical
outlier\u201d (it\u2019s not the norm and it\u2019s one person
in every million or so) OR it\u2019s simply not
true. <\/p>\n

Another thing is this, the media normally
doesn\u2019t include the years of time it takes for
success. As opposed to me where everytime
I do a bipolar supporter or survivor success interview
I ask up front how long it\u2019s taken the person. You
hear 4 years, 8 years, 15 years, etc. <\/p>\n

Hopefully some people will post today and explain
how long it\u2019s taken them. <\/p>\n

I have to run now. <\/p>\n

Oh actually no more thing on this subject. I bumped
into on of the world\u2019s leading authorities on stress.
I was telling him about bipolar disorder and he
was really excited about what I was doing. I was
really excited about what he was doing. Want to
know something odd. He said that one of the top
3 stresses that everyone seems to have is
the stress they have from comparing themselves
to people who are successful and thinking they
are not achieving success or having as much as
fast as the person they are comparing themselves
to.<\/p>\n

Think about that. Well I have to run. Have a great
day.<\/p>\n

Your friend,
Dave
–
P.S. Don’t forget to take a look through the
different programs I’ve put together… each one is designed
to help you with a different 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:
http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/catalog.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

P.P.S. Check out my F.ree blog with copies of emails
that I have sent in the past and lots of great
information for you:
http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/supporterblog\/<\/a><\/p>\n

P.P.P.S Check out my F.ree podcast. Hear me give
mini seminars designed to teach you information
you can’t learn anywhere else.
http:\/\/bipolarcentral.libsyn.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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