On Presidents' Day I like to celebrate the birthday of my mental health hero.On those mornings I wake up embarrassed that I have aired my dirty laundry to the world--i.e. confessed to whomever reads my blog--that I am, in...
Be ever so proud for you are loved..You are a person and one who has admitted to an illness that is not of your doing. It takes strength to do that and the rest remains in the hands of GOD and hope.. Hope for better things to come in any way that they come to you.Whether it be the light of the morning sun or a loving arm around your shoulder...Blessings be...
Kevin Keough
February 13, 2007 5:24 PM
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Thanks for the reminder. I am very taken up by Lincoln. I want to add to quotes people might like. 1) "A tendency to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault". 2)(and God bless him for speaking the truth re the way true men feel toward women) "Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented; and there is nothingI can imagine that would make me more unhappy than to fail in that effort" Thank God for Lincoldn.
Larry Parker
February 18, 2008 10:32 AM
A man who struggled for his own survival leads his nation to survival at its greatest moment of peril.
A man who was personally racist freed the slaves.
Lincoln's paradoxes made him who he was. They make us all who we are. I think the secret to Lincoln's success was that he embraced those contradictions (perhaps one reason why he managed to unify such a fractious War Cabinet, and why he got along with Gen. Grant, the alcoholic who was the most sober military strategist in the North).
Which is why I embrace the sayings of those two other famous men of the 19th century, Whitman and Emerson, about embracing one's contradictions as well.
PS -- I have been to Gettysburg many times. It is perhaps the holiest site in America -- for Lincoln's address, and during the battle for both the misguided bravery of one side and the heroic resistance of the other. It remains the most important (and deadliest) battle ever fought on American soil.
marilyn
February 18, 2008 3:36 PM
therese you are a very brave woman to put yourself ou there as you do on a daily basis.i dont think you will ever lack for anything as i think you are one of gods angels sent from above to give us all hope and faith that we can overcome and survive. thanks for your strength.
Margaret Balyeat
February 18, 2008 4:47 PM
Therese, I agree with marilyn! To me you are one of God's messengers of hope and your missionary work among us has helped veritable legions!
Like Gabriel before you, you carry messages of comfort and love, reminding us daily that G-d DOES still walk amongst us and hear our (smetimes silent) pleas for relief!
Lizzie
February 18, 2008 6:09 PM
The book "Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged and President and Fueled His Greatness. Joshua Wolf Shenk" lives by my bed! Just like you, I feel empowered by his words. It was during one of my deepest depressions that I found Lincoln I love this qoute:
"I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth. Whether I shall ever be better I can not tell; I awfully forebode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible; I must die or be better, it appears to me." When I read these words I knew I could make it. Thanks for your post.
Bryan
February 18, 2008 6:59 PM
Thanks Therese. Great post. I don't think I ever knew Lincoln struggled with depression. It's good to know that even Presidents aren't immune from the monster of depression.
Peace.
Melissa
February 18, 2008 7:21 PM
Therese - I have a jumpy keyboard, so this may have already posted (if so, sorry). Anyway, I found out about your blog through another St. Mary's alum who was a theology major and friend of yours (and since this is public, I won't post her name or mine). I just wanted to let you know how much your blog touched me, as I've been battling a bit of my own depression after years of infertility. I debated whether or not to send this, didn't want to seem stalker-y or anything , but thought that everyone likes to hear something positive about him/herself, so here it is: you're still lovely inside and out, bravo on your blog, and God bless you!
CLeo
February 19, 2008 4:23 PM
Terese,thanks for the great post. President Lincoln is also one my most admired humans in the planet. I've never ceased to be amazed by this man's legacy and his Gettysburgh address is something that I read often.
He,most certainlt, was very "finely tuned" just like so many of us suffering from bipolarity or depression are.
I've also felt ashamed of myself for airing my failings to the world, and just this morning I was berating myself for having done so to a person who is so toxic, yet under the belief that she's a rock of stability, that will certainly use what I, so foolishly, shared with her, to my detriment.
Some go through life totally blinded and don't see their failings, those are usually the hardest of us all, a hardened heart is certainly much more critical than a mental condition, and much more deadly to others as well.
CLeo
February 19, 2008 4:24 PM
Wish there was an 'edit' function here.
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Be ever so proud for you are loved..You are a person and one who has admitted to an illness that is not of your doing. It takes strength to do that and the rest remains in the hands of GOD and hope.. Hope for better things to come in any way that they come to you.Whether it be the light of the morning sun or a loving arm around your shoulder...Blessings be...
Thanks for the reminder. I am very taken up by Lincoln. I want to add to quotes people might like. 1) "A tendency to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault". 2)(and God bless him for speaking the truth re the way true men feel toward women) "Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented; and there is nothingI can imagine that would make me more unhappy than to fail in that effort" Thank God for Lincoldn.
A man who struggled for his own survival leads his nation to survival at its greatest moment of peril.
A man who was personally racist freed the slaves.
Lincoln's paradoxes made him who he was. They make us all who we are. I think the secret to Lincoln's success was that he embraced those contradictions (perhaps one reason why he managed to unify such a fractious War Cabinet, and why he got along with Gen. Grant, the alcoholic who was the most sober military strategist in the North).
Which is why I embrace the sayings of those two other famous men of the 19th century, Whitman and Emerson, about embracing one's contradictions as well.
PS -- I have been to Gettysburg many times. It is perhaps the holiest site in America -- for Lincoln's address, and during the battle for both the misguided bravery of one side and the heroic resistance of the other. It remains the most important (and deadliest) battle ever fought on American soil.
therese you are a very brave woman to put yourself ou there as you do on a daily basis.i dont think you will ever lack for anything as i think you are one of gods angels sent from above to give us all hope and faith that we can overcome and survive. thanks for your strength.
Therese, I agree with marilyn! To me you are one of God's messengers of hope and your missionary work among us has helped veritable legions!
Like Gabriel before you, you carry messages of comfort and love, reminding us daily that G-d DOES still walk amongst us and hear our (smetimes silent) pleas for relief!
The book "Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged and President and Fueled His Greatness. Joshua Wolf Shenk" lives by my bed! Just like you, I feel empowered by his words. It was during one of my deepest depressions that I found Lincoln I love this qoute:
"I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth. Whether I shall ever be better I can not tell; I awfully forebode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible; I must die or be better, it appears to me." When I read these words I knew I could make it. Thanks for your post.
Thanks Therese. Great post. I don't think I ever knew Lincoln struggled with depression. It's good to know that even Presidents aren't immune from the monster of depression.
Peace.
Therese - I have a jumpy keyboard, so this may have already posted (if so, sorry). Anyway, I found out about your blog through another St. Mary's alum who was a theology major and friend of yours (and since this is public, I won't post her name or mine). I just wanted to let you know how much your blog touched me, as I've been battling a bit of my own depression after years of infertility. I debated whether or not to send this, didn't want to seem stalker-y or anything , but thought that everyone likes to hear something positive about him/herself, so here it is: you're still lovely inside and out, bravo on your blog, and God bless you!
Terese,thanks for the great post. President Lincoln is also one my most admired humans in the planet. I've never ceased to be amazed by this man's legacy and his Gettysburgh address is something that I read often.
He,most certainlt, was very "finely tuned" just like so many of us suffering from bipolarity or depression are.
I've also felt ashamed of myself for airing my failings to the world, and just this morning I was berating myself for having done so to a person who is so toxic, yet under the belief that she's a rock of stability, that will certainly use what I, so foolishly, shared with her, to my detriment.
Some go through life totally blinded and don't see their failings, those are usually the hardest of us all, a hardened heart is certainly much more critical than a mental condition, and much more deadly to others as well.
Wish there was an 'edit' function here.
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