I am trying to learn to see the depression I experience as a chronic disease, perhaps like diabetes or a heart condition, and learn to accept and live with it. Continue to be the kind loving person that I am, and do as much as I can and rest when I need to. I also I am trying to see this disease as a stepping stone to learning and spiritual growth, but I’m not seeing it yet, not not even even little flickers.
Yes, I did think many things were going to be easy-- spiritual growth, political progress, and many other things. I was wrong, completely wrong. In every case, the right answer is not grievance but action with self-insight. I thought this was pretty easy, too. Psychotherapy, fifty years of journaling, meditation, dreamwork-- all the rest. I was wrong, completely wrong.
I am trying to learn to see the depression I experience as a chronic disease, perhaps like diabetes or a heart condition, and learn to accept and live with it. Continue to be the kind loving person that I am, and do as much as I can and rest when I need to. I also I am trying to see this disease as a stepping stone to learning and spiritual growth, but I’m not seeing it yet, not not even even little flickers.
Thanks for your honest share and courageous and loving spirit. I’m sure many of us resonate and can benefit from your wisdom.
You are challenged, Mino, but I can only hope that with perseverance the spiritual growth that you seek will ultimately triumph over disease.
Yes, I did think many things were going to be easy-- spiritual growth, political progress, and many other things. I was wrong, completely wrong. In every case, the right answer is not grievance but action with self-insight. I thought this was pretty easy, too. Psychotherapy, fifty years of journaling, meditation, dreamwork-- all the rest. I was wrong, completely wrong.
Maybe 51?!😘
It’s great when anyone admits that they’re wrong, completely wrong. This never happens in politics. This may be one reason why we’re in trouble.
This is a hard question to answer. During my adult life I have always said and believed, "Aging is good...until it's not"