Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet? - L. M. Montgomery (1874-1942)
What is this doing in my thoughts on bipolar?
Don't worry - I am NOT suggesting that the beloved Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery was manic depressive, or that her delightful character Anne Shirley from the Anne of Green Gables books was even the softest of soft bipolars.
However, I DO LOVE the concept "there are no mistakes in tomorrow".
It belongs in thoughts on bipolar because bipolar people know better than most the true meaning of regret and have a strong need to believe in the miracle of a new beginning.
The psychiatrist who finally correctly diagnosed me used to say it to me all the time when we first met and I was very depressed: "there are no mistakes in tomorrow".
Eventually the power of this concept sunk in - these words really did change my life! They instiled courage and optimism in me again.
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To laugh and love so intently; what a wonderful concept, were it not for the depression that is the balance. Here's hoping the good times far outweigh the bad ones. Maia
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