It has been one hellova night here at my apartment!
I’m here with my cat Murray enjoying opening birthday cards…I become 64 in 1-1/2 hours!!
IT HAS BEEN A LONG AND WINDING ROAD to my Recovery from suffering the ills of struggling with a mental illness called Bipolar Disorder…
I have come a very long way since I first encountered my illness back in 1980, as a senior in high school when I found disillusionment to be my best friend…
I have been dealing with the repercussions of having this cruel illness for the past 46 years, and I have come to a place of peace and contentment in the realization that I will never outrun this illness, and that I need not TRY to outrun it—for it is the me of ME that I would be trying to outrun…
I choose now to reflect on my blessings received from having an incurable illness that has lso become a close friend!! I am HE and He is ME! I am living well with this illness and I will go on living well, long after I stop tickling these ivories and punching my key card…
I go to sleep tonight with the stark realization that bipolar has blessed me with friends, opportunities, hopes AND dreams of becoming the self I have always wanted to be—just ME, Richard Corsair Melcher!!