Music and Friends and Relatives

Good morning ALL...

Hope to make this a shorter post.

Music...When you are unable to get into your Bible (for whatever reason and mine is sometimes because I'm unable to concentrate or because of my "mental state")...I listen to music. MOSTLY I like Christian music because it's BIBLICAL. It helps me focus on the LOVE of GOD and reminds me HE is all I need. Jesus loves me THIS, I know! Heard of this song?

Friends and Relatives...We all need friends and when we're lucky our relatives can be our friend, too. (I often say that to my cousin.) If you suffer from mental illness (mine is bipolar)you particularly need friends. However with any type of mental illness you seem to REPEL instead of ATTRACT friends. Lately I've been finding that people understand me more than in the past 34 years (that's how long Iv'e been diagnosed)...because they are beginning to understand MY mental illness. All these years I've just thought they didn't understand ME. (One thing that has been a problem is my verbosity...but my NEW meds are helping me with that. I always thought it was just ME who was out of control, but my brain was on overdrive...a manifestation of my disorder.) Years ago it wasn't AT ALL good to share these things.

I'm discovering MYSELF in the midst of this turmoil and I'm finding I like myself more with even a new personality emerging. I'm 60 years old...OH WHAT A BETTER MOTHER I COULD HAVE BEEN WITH FEWER FAULTS...and I also think that AGE helps with perspective and issues that used to be a repellant, as well.

If you read my post "I'm back already"...you might understand my journey with bipolar and maybe even some of your friends or relatives...Understanding BREEDS acceptance and love. Do you need more of this in your life? I can take ALL I can get!

THANKS FOR READING AlaneSays!...and have a great "rest of the day".