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Accept Yourself Where You Are

 

It’s okay Lisa. Just go with it.

Photo by Matthew Rutledge
Photo by Matthew Rutledge

 

These are the words of a good friend of mine who lost 5 family members during the last year, including her mother and her son. Today, we spoke quietly about anxiety and despair and sadness. She shared the pain of the loss of her son and I shared my fears about losing control; control of my mind and my faculties due to bipolar disorder. We cried a lot, standing in the afternoon sun, and I felt guilty for making her cry.

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