That's right. No matter what, we are in control.

Focusing on learning is great. When my mind races (it is picking back up now) I think of things in a deep manner and this helps much.

For instance, I question everything. I wonder about why water is blue, why the sky changes color, why we are on the floating round island in some vast expanse I could never understand, how humanity was created, why people hate so much (war and religious intolerance and whatnot), why politics is a huge mess and the list goes on and on. This keeps me busy and really is a lot of fun. You get to come up with amazing theories and get around people and amaze them and make them think by presenting your theories. I dig up tons of facts as well and it is hard to back me into an unknowing corner because of broad study that my racing mind helped with.

You will be amazed what your mind has the power to do. I have had a discussion many times about being "normal", describe this "normal" that seems to be some standard somewhere that no one knows about. I think bp is heightened "normal". For instance, people wonder about things for years and die without knowing/understanding (or trying) because their mind lacks ambition. Being a bp our minds do not lack ambition, we just have to focus the mind to get great results.

Again YMMV and it is never a one size fits all with bp. I do however believe that we are our worst enemy when we let ourself run a muck without some sort of purpose. Even in my depressed times, I can pull myself based on thought alone because my mind cannot stand the down time. My mind wants to learn and I let it.

Sorry for the long post....