Happy Birthday Elias and Karen!!!!

I would like to wish my nephew Elias and my mother in law Karen, a very Happy Birthday today.  Elias turned six and we just got back from his party in Oakville.  Was so great to see him on his big day and we had a lot of fun catching up with friends and family.  Karen is in PEI at the cottage and hopefully is having a wonderful day.

The last three weeks have been going really well.  I have a bit of the downzies today although they are not really warranted.  I worked on Saturday doing some trimming and pruning.  Jesse and I did a great job and the place looks quite nice.  I simply forgot to prune one bed at the front entrance.  We had already loaded up and I did not realize it until we had pulled out of the driveway.  I probably should have turned around but, it really is not a big deal at all.  I am making it out to be in my head though which is silly.  We will be going by there again this week and it will take twenty minutes to finish up.  No one is upset with me,  I am not going to be in big trouble tomorrow and there is no need to stress about it.  I take minor things at times and create bigger problems in my mind.  Instead of enjoying the rest of my weekend,  I spend too much energy worrying about an issue that nobody else is making big deal out of except for myself.  I need to continue to push to create positive outcomes in my mind rather than expecting the worse.  I am quite certain that tomorrow will go well and I will enjoy what I am doing.  I need to approach it like that regardless and know I can handle any situation that may arise.  As Jesse told me,  "Let the good days be great and let the bad days be nothing I cannot handle."

I am coming up on my 100th post which is something I never thought I would get to.  I started this as a hobby and have truly found it to be healing and hopefully helped share some of what it might be like to live with a mental disorder.  At times,  I wish that somehow I could have a new mind in order to avoid some of the inner battles I go through.  When I think about it though,  I would not have discovered so much about myself without the journey I have taken with bi-polar 2 disorder.  It has not been an easy road to travel but,  I have proven to myself and to others that I am capable of change.  I have hurt people along the way and I cannot take back some of my poor choices in life.  I sincerely hope the way I live my life now will show those I have impacted in a negative way,  that I am a person they would be proud to know.

Hope you have an awesome week.  Happy Sunday.  Take care,  Shawn.

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.”
― Mother Teresa