So many lovely positives mentioned above. Thanks, for sharing! It's special to learn a little bit more about all of you. It makes me smile

I've learned to be more patient.

As a kid through my mid 30s, my mother would say (again and again) "Patience is a virtue!" in response to which I would growl. This recovery journey sure has required patience (and tolerance), whether I liked it or not. Waiting for depression to ease, waiting for hospitalizations to stop, waiting to find the right medication cocktail, the right coping skills and mastery of them, etc.

"Good things do come to those who wait". Not to say you don't need to be proactive at becoming well, but there is always hope. I know that sometimes it feels like "two steps forward, three steps back", but slowly I found I made progress. I know I had to often appreciate the progress I made, however small.

I know there's a saying that says something like (not verbatim):

"Achievement is not necessarily completing big things that are easy, but in achieving small things that are really hard."