Sunday, March 11, 2007

Thank God!

Thank God, I did pull out of that two-week down time! I was so worried it was the beginning of something big, but it was just another little blip. At times like this, I wonder though: how much of my surfacing back to the stable old me was because of the strategies I employed? How much depression can we avoid by taking steps before it gets too deep to extract ourselves?

I just know that on the night I contacted everyone to remind them of the Living Room meeting, my mood elevated significantly. I enjoyed talking a bit to everyone. After that, tears no longer threatened. On Friday we had a record turnout of sixteen people. How good it is to see such enthusiasm in the group! Unfortunately I was sick with a bad cold that day and could only be there for an hour, but my co-facilitator took good care of things, with many hands to help her.

My book proposal is ready to present to publishers and I will put it online as soon as the final two chapters have been edited - within the week. Very exciting!

In reading one of the finished and polished chapters today, I felt a tremendous sense of peace come over me. The story is a good one. It should inspire and help others have faith in God's love and power. The story I tell is how a very sick young person found faith in God and was gradually transformed into a person who is - for the most part - joyful and grateful to be alive. It is truly amazing where God has taken me since those early years when I spent nine months in a mental hospital. For twenty-five years I was thought to be schizophrenic and received only anti-psychotic drugs - no mood stabilizers.

I've been through a lot, but am not sorry for it. God is the great Potter and I am the clay. I believe he had a reason for making me the way he did. And he carries on shaping me into the kind of person he wants me to be. I am willing to do what he calls me to do - to be soft clay in his great and loving hands.

I'm feeling somewhat prayerful tonight - thankful. Guess you can tell?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm glad to read you're feeling better. I also wonder how much of our depression we can at least curb by becoming proactive. The difficult part though, is at that time, the last thing you want to do is do anything.
Congratulations on your book! That is really fantastic. Nice to see good things happening to a good woman.

bipolar_girl said...

I'm so glad that you were able to get out of the funk. Good luck on your new book. I'm sure it's gonna be a bestseller like your first book. take care

jumpinginpuddles said...

wqe are glad yoiu are feeling better

Bleeding Heart said...

That is awesome about your book proposal. I am working on one for my second book and it is coming out pretty good!

I am glad that you are feeling better...:)