Tuesday, July 2, 2013

THE INVISIBLE JOURNEY TO INDEPENDENCE 3


 

Whew!  Where did all the time go again?  If you believe you are “normal” than everything goes as planned, but if you live with a mental illness it seems that the road is a winding one.  And that’s alright.  The best thing I learned is that when the curves come, the speed bumps, and unexpected storms, just be still and start again tomorrow whenever tomorrow comes.  The most important thing is that you do not give up and return to hiding under that heavy security blanket.

 

So, I am still using this amazing alarm thingy for EVERYTHING!!!  When I reflect back on some years ago working towards recovery success, I am reminded of teaching middle-school students.  It was tortuous at first getting in front of a room of youth and allow them to be who they were right along with  their insults about you.  However, quickly I learned to adapt to the role leader and exercising self-control.  It helped me in my recovery to be productive and contribute in a valuable  way.  It helped me to show those young impressionable minds how to respect persons they would have otherwise poked fun of.  In fact, youth tend to poke fun at everybody so it also helped me learn to brush off those insults and not take it personally.  That was growth for me to move farther away from dark days.

 

Now, I am still getting ready to plant some flags on this site and hopefully do some real catching up over the 4th of July weekend.  Since this is the Independence Day weekend, We will kick off with a trip to the Small Business Administration to be sure no one is using that precious name we chose for our business.  Then we will file the official Form to register the business name which will cost $75.00 in Maryland.  If you have not decided on a name yet, stick with your own name right now and avoid frustrations with trying to use Ben & Jerry’s.  For some reason, they won’t allow that.  Hmmm...

 

See ya soon,

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