Tag: hope

• Keeping your head above water

  

  How I wish I could tell myself, the self from a month or two ago, that today would be a better day. How I wish I could remind myself that there are days like today filled with infinitely more joy than suffering, if only we allow it space to enter. Somewhere in between pain and…

  Michelle Abdon

  May 10, 2022

  mental health

  bipolar, COVID-19, hope, isolation, mental health awareness, mental health during covid, psychosis, recovery, resiliency, self care, selfcare, suicidal ideation, suicide, suicide prevention

• To This We Owe Ourselves

  

  Dear Friend, We cannot claim the inheritance of stars and skies. The world was not created to charm us into certainty. This world is not our birthright. Nature’s grace moves swiftly and beautifully past us. We fold and unfold by the things that carry us. We build houses on hills, the fallacy of kings with…

  Michelle Abdon

  September 17, 2020

  mental health

  diary, hope, inspiration, inspirational, inspiring, letter to self, love letter, love note, metal health, motivational, self care, suicide letter, wellness

• Six Feet Apart

  

  I’ve been hesitating on writing about this for a while, but I’ve been thinking about this collective traumatic experience we are all going through as the COVID-19 pandemic ensues. News articles and live streams of press conference briefings from state officials sit heavy with me as I lay in my bed in the morning. It…

  Michelle Abdon

  April 4, 2020

  mental health

  bipolar, corona virus, coronavirus, COVID-19, crisis, depression, hope, isolation, mental health awareness, mental health during covid, pandemic, self care, selfcare, silver linings