I suffer from bipolar disorder. This month is mental health awareness month so it feels like an especially timely moment to gently open the curtain and allow warm rays of light to stream into the overwhelming and often frightening darkness that is depression and overdrive.
I shan’t dive into the details of living with this disease right this moment.
Instead, I shall invite you to be kinder. To be a bit more compassionate. To remember that you never know what someone is going through. And to remember that you are never alone. You are not alone.
Whether you suffer from a mental illness or not, whether you love someone who battles with a mood disorder or not—we could all do with being kinder towards ourselves and towards our neighbours.
As father Aesop so wisely declared — no act of kindness is too small
No act of kindness is too small
So why not?
Pourquoi pas?
Be kind.
Be kind.
Now.
Ahora.
To you and to me.
To your lover and to your stranger
To your beggar and to your leader
To your angel and to your fiend
To that succulent sitting patiently in the corner
To the seeing eye observing the world from within your core
To the sounds of his broken voice.
To the chatter and harmonious collaboration of the birds.
To who you are and to who I am becoming.
To the otter playfully flipping her body.
To the alert grizzly protecting her cubs.
To the human who just spewed out hateful words.
To the human who inspired us with his dream.
To the sunshine and to the darkness.
To the overdrive and to the crapper.
To the way she moves in the world.
To the way we hold each others hands.
Be kind.
Be kinder.
To yourself, and to your neighbour
Be kinder.
Sunset in Algodones Dunes, Southeastern California
Notre Maailma 