Many people talk about glories relating to some elated manias, or the strife surrounding the less than positive mood states and journey towards bipolar recovery. However, what about the positives? What positive lessons have you learned? What positive changes in your outlook, way of acting/doing things, or understanding of life have occurred? Is there something you like more about yourself now than before?

I need to think about this more myself. Positives only, please. I know this question may be difficult for some to answer. If you can only think of one thing, even small thing, that's fine. As you think of others, feel free to post multiple times. I'll start with one and then add more later. I know there are more than a few.

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* My temperament has softened. Fully soft? No. But softer. My illness eventually knocked me down a few pegs and made me feel in a different way. That can seem negative, in some ways, but in other ways it adds humility and in my case, reduced some of my self-imposed perfectionism. I try to embrace that in a positive way. Initially, I grieved a bit, but now see the result in a different light.