No Shame

Why is mental illness such a secret? There is no shame. Folks don't whisper when they have breast cancer. I ask that you are treated like all people with an illness, with dignity and respect.

I am letting go of labels and learning self respect.

Who We Are

What we experience makes us who we are; what we believe makes us who we are today.

Like water in a brook, all the energy is flowing inside of me.

Experience

Define your life as it works for you. It's like a painting; not everyone has to like it.

Remember: Love yourself.

How Do You Fertilize Yourself?

What rejuvenates you? What makes you continue life's process? Love? Music? Nature? Family?

My fertilizer is nature. When I walk through the park there always is some experience that makes me understand life a little better. It may be a dead tree going back into the earth and fertilizing a baby tree, several birds talking or a woodpecker pecking away at a tree. What I learn from the dead tree is that nature wastes nothing. What I learn from the woodpecker is persistence.

I especially enjoy the horse's hoofs as they hit the ground. The beat is so peaceful.