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Beating the system

I am reminded of my inception into the world of the Midwest. I had come from a place where I was given a label that said I was unlikely to succeed, if I tried to be normal. I had a sickness that could not be cured.
God sent me here from Massachusetts to get a second opinion. I was told by counselors, I was not the person they claimed I was and encouraged me to find out for myself what it meant to be well/ normal. They (a psychiatric panel)even encouraged me to give up meds, because the pills made me think I was "sick".
I graduated from seminary, was married, had kids and at different times worked as pastor and chaplain.
A divorce, alone with closure of a church stripped me down I voluntarily went back on meds, saw time with my kids pare back because of a need to work extra hours at minimum wage to pay child support and bills. I began to doubt why I even came out here. God is sending me back to a place back East where I can affirm I am well. Thus once again I can show what it means to beat a system that rules thru use of subversive labels, so that once and for all I am free!!!!