February 28, 2014

One thing I learned today: Have a little faith.

One thing I'm grateful for: 50 (cent and other things)

February 27, 2014

One thing I learned today: Time for some spring cleaning.

One thing I'm grateful for: Real friends.

February 26, 2014

One thing I learned today: We have 20,000 opportunities a day to connect with our aliveness.

One thing I'm grateful for: Breath.

February 25, 2014

One thing I learned today: As per usual, my intuition is correct and I need to do what I know works for me, and I know more about the reasons why than 99% of the people I talk to. Only get advice from expert professionals who are at least as smart as you are.

One thing I'm grateful for: A friend at my level.

February 24, 2014

One thing I learned today: I do not have what I thought I had all these years.

One thing I'm grateful for: I think I've met my clinical match!

February 23, 2014

One thing I learned today: Routine is ESSENTIAL.

One thing I'm grateful for: Kindred spirits.

February 22, 2014

One thing I learned today: Getting out of the house as early as possible on a weekend day is good for me.

One thing I'm grateful for: A friend willing to go to educational events!

February 21, 2014

One thing I learned today: Food GREATLY affects my cognition. Holy crap. I'm about 5,000x dumber on wheat/grains.

One thing I'm grateful for: Motown.

February 20, 2014

One thing I learned today: People aren't scary.

One thing I'm grateful for: Tonight a relative stranger openly told me about a deeply personal family problem. Little did he know, it was exactly the reminder I needed to stay on course at a time when I was feeling weak. The universe works in strange ways.

February 19, 2014

One thing I learned today: Do everything you know you need to do and don't question it.

One thing I'm grateful for: "I used to think I was the strangest person in the world, but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it's trust I'm here, and I'm just as strange as you." -Frida Kahlo    

I think you know who you are.

A Resolution

When I am feeling hopeful, when I am feeling optimistic, when I am feeling strong - I will write. I've been documenting pain more than anything else, and it's time to stop giving it so much power.

February 18, 2014

One thing I learned today: Ladies got my back.

One thing I'm grateful for: This.

February 17, 2014

One thing I learned today: STOP starting over. Take off.

One thing I'm grateful for: Small pockets of contentedness.

February 16, 2014

One thing I learned today: The mind and body are NOT separate. Not that I didn't already know this, but it never hurts to be reminded.

One thing I'm grateful for: Strong motivation to change.

February 15, 2014

One thing I learned today: There is no shame in healing.

One thing I'm grateful for: Dipping my toes back into music.

February 14, 2014

One thing I learned today: "Do beautiful things and relax."

One thing I'm grateful for: A better outlook.

February 13, 2014

One thing I learned today: Take the advice of laypeople with a (big) grain of salt.

One thing I'm grateful for: I got a pair of binoculars today.

February 12, 2014

One thing I learned today: Write.

One thing I'm grateful for: Chemistry.

February 11, 2014

One thing I learned today: Sometimes giving up hope is a good thing.

One thing I'm grateful for: Sun.

February 10, 2014

One thing I learned today: The brain is very adept at making us believe what we want to believe.

One thing I'm grateful for: The times I laughed today.

February 9, 2014

One thing I learned today: I need to stop pretending I'm ok.

One thing I'm grateful for: A small peep from my old voice.

February 8, 2014

One thing I learned today: I need to better speak up for and honor my own needs

One thing I'm grateful for: For as much as I complain about/hate texting as a form of communication, it afforded me small lifelines of support tonight.

February 7, 2014

One thing I learned today: Even if you feel awful, you can try to let a little bit of light in.

One thing I'm grateful for: A second medical opinion.

February 6, 2014

One thing I learned today: Good God, this is going to be hard.

One thing I'm grateful for: Being called out.

February 5, 2014

One thing I learned today: You CANNOT be afraid to be who you are.

One thing I'm grateful for: A sense of humor.

February 4, 2014

One thing I learned today: "Life is good. We just have to get away from dumb people." -FBLBN Co-Chief

One thing I'm grateful for: My crazy, sometimes abusive, but absolutely brilliant brain.

February 3, 2014

One thing I learned today: "Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet." -Tich Nhat Hanh

One thing I'm grateful for: Quiet mornings.

February 2, 2014

One thing I learned today: Change is hard.

One thing I'm grateful for: Whatever stability I do have.

February 1, 2014

One thing I learned today: Once a musician, always a musician.

One thing I'm grateful for: Real food.

January 31, 2014

One thing I learned today: Leave before you REALLY want to leave.

One thing I'm grateful for: An opportunity to heal.