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Hello Wizzie! I know there are many souls suffering with my disease and I have truly been blessed to be able to help others in any conceivable way possible. It is a terrible life-crushing disease, and I know that when I was in hospital, all I wanted was for someone to hold me. To wrap their arms around me and tell me I would be OK. There is an end to the madness if you take your medicines and really pour yourself into the books and many aids available to us. But I think that someone like myself, who has suffered this disease and licked it, can be of great help to others because I know there is an end to the madness and I have reached a stage of understanding of my place in the cosmos that I cannot do less than help my brothers and sisters. I am in no way a saint, but I do know God has played a major role in me getting well. I have know Jesus Christ since I was 12, and probably even much younger than that. I use to lay on my parents bed and pray that god would heal my eyes so I could see better. Just to show you that his time table is not like ours, I am 66 now and have almost perfect vision. I have had to wear glasses for many years, and then contacts. But when I developed cataracts on both eyes, I had to have surgery to take out the lenses in my eyes and replace them with new lenses manufactured in Los Angeles. I now have no need for any glasses except reading glasses. I was 4 when I prayed to see better. I have gotten better with every passing year and I have learned to appreciate my relationship with other people and I am not ashamed of who I am and what I have been through. I don't use it as a crutch so I can give myself an easy out. I worked since I was 19 years old, and I retired at 48 because my husband had a good job and it allowed me to get out of the rat race. Now I have 7 grandchildren and I am in good health....having overcome heart disease and my mental disease as well. God has blessed me with a wonderful husband and 3 wonderful children and has just blessed my life so much. I am so grateful for your kind words because that's what I live for. To be like Jesus has been my life long goal. To be less and less of Bonnie, and more and more of Jesus. My husband is a Taoist, he is not a Christian. But he has helped me to understand his books and his philosophy and I use it everyday in conjunction with all I know about Jesus, to enrich my own life and to make me a fit vessel for the love of God to fill. I am here to serve. I know God will bless all I do, because He has promised me eternal life, and I know He would want me to do what I am doing. Again, thank you for the encouragement. And fill free to ask me whatever questions you may have. I will endeavor to answer them with courage and forthrightness and bless your life as well. We are all here to help one another. That is the whole purpose of God...to show us His Love and His Mercy and to reach out to those in darkness and help them find their own inner light and peace. I would be interested in hearing from you regarding the books you choose to read. If you need anything at all, please feel free to send me an e-mail and I will do my best to be of assistance. God bless you and guide you to your own inner light and strength. You have much to give and we can work together to help others if you'd like. God Bless, Bonnie (Daddy's Girl) ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Bonnie "Daddy's Girl" Tyler |