Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from January, 2015

Someone Else's Shoes

Do you ever think that if we could each step into each others shoes would we hold our tounges better? Would you ask a aquitance about their baby bump when it is just fat? Embarishing for both parties. Would you ask,"Are you expecting yet?" How bought people with larger clans? Would you say something like, "You're having another one?" I have friends who had trouble having children and friends with large families. The only sad part is how much they cannot have understanding for each other. The same could apply to other stituations. The truth is that we cannot be in someone else's shoes. We can only true to be compassionate and kind. I fail too often because I am way too blunt. I am someone who is guilty of being "brutally honest." I am working on it. I feel like whenever I fail, God smacks me with a life lesson. It probably is not that dramatic, but feels that way at the time.

Labels don't bite.

Calling this blog bipolar is a bold move on my part being in a world where labels are taboo. I have learned however that labels don't bite. Saying someone has cancer does not make them sicker. If you have a mental illness challenge, identifing what it is will help you get well. Ignoring a problem does not fix a problem. I have accepted my dianosis because in that acceptance came healing. That does not mean I fix it on my own or that I have to stop believing in God until I am perfect. I will not be perfect in this life. None of us will. Everyone has something they live with every day that they cannot fix. I thank God because He has a purpose I cannot see.

Title Change

I have been wanting to change my blog title for some time. I hope this new title with help draw those who need the encouragement I did in the past. Most of the books and web sites I have found are full of frustrated people with little or no faith. They are often full of offensive language. It leaves you feeling very alone. You want to know that it is possible to trust God through mental illness treetment. I would think the same would go for a person battling depression. I believe God allows some of us to have emotional struggles. They may or may not require professional help. My goal is to encourage people to keep going. Get up today and see what God has for you. Make goals that give you purpose and joy. Enough bossing, Here is my personal story. I still struggle with a battle against my inner yuk. All those uggly things buried deep in my mind pop out and threaten to stop anything useful I can do for God or anyone. I am working on seeing myself as God sees me. I started this journey