Find Your Path Forward
This week, the focus is on carrying your burdens.
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Life is unfair. There’s no doubt about it. Some are born into lives full of luxury while others spend their lives barely finding enough food for each day.
Add in a mental illness such as bipolar disorder, and life feels even more unfair. Why should you struggle while others have perfect mental health?
I’ve thrown this pity party myself several times over the years. I’m sure I will again, because the worst bipolar days suck, and there’s no escaping it.
As I’ve gotten older, I want to believe I’ve gotten a little wiser. One thing I now know is that everyone has their own version of hell they are living with.
Every smile hides some pain. There are skeletons in every closet.
So how do you keep going?
“It does not matter what you bear, but how you bear it.”
- Seneca
The Path Forward
Even when it appears someone’s life is easier than yours, remember, everyone’s hell is just as painful for them. No two people are exactly alike, and neither are their experiences.
What may feel impossible for you might be a normal Tuesday for me. On the flip side, the things I struggle to understand may color every day of your life.
We’re all fighting our own battles.
“It doesn’t matter what you bear, but how you bear it.”
This quote from Seneca has been one of my favorites for a long time. It’s a reminder that we all carry our own burdens, and it’s not the weight of those burdens that define us, but how we carry them.
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We all have our hurdles to jump, and how we choose to approach each one makes us who we are. So the next time you’re feeling down about your bipolar disorder or another problem, remember that everyone has their own trials they are facing.
You are not alone, and even though life is unfair, it’s still worth living.
(Paid subscribers) Tomorrow, you will learn the first step to moving forward.
Monday’s Journal Prompt: What hurdle do you want to focus on this week? Why? How will you feel when you can get past it?
Until next time, keep fighting.
Scott Ninneman
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Scott Ninneman is the author of Speaking Bipolar’s 30 Days of Positivity and the writer behind SpeakingBipolar.com. Living in the mountains of southeast Tennessee, he spends his days crunching numbers as a tax preparer and his nights caring for his mother and writing stories about bipolar life. (And he loves pandas.)
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