Life ain't always beautiful

There's a country song out there entitled Life Ain't Always Beautiful by Gary Allen. It's a wonderful song. Some of the lyrics:

But the struggles make you stronger
And the changes make you wise.
And happiness has its own way
Of taking its sweet time.
No life ain't always beautiful.
Tears will fall sometimes.
Life ain't always beautiful
But it's a beautiful ride.

I truly believe that song. Living with bipolar disorder has made me see the beauty of life. Sometimes it seems that I'm going from one crisis to another. That I'm making med changes, and crying in my therapist's office on a regular basis. But if I wasn't bipolar, I wouldn't be who I am today. And yes, I have my faults. Big ones. But overall I like who I am. The bipolar made me this way.

That's one of the hardest things to accept about bipolar. Is that you are who you are because of this terrible illness. And if you like yourself, then you have to at least accept the bipolar. That's not an easy thing to do. It's much easier to deny it. To say there is nothing good about it. But that's not true. Bipolars are very passionate. They feel things deeply. That is not a bad thing. It is what it is. And so, I learn that life ain't always beautiful, but it really is a beautiful ride.