When others are mean, it can get us feeling low, sad, inferior and even depressed. No, here are 7 things you must remember, when people are mean to you.
1. If they bring up your past, it is because you are shining in your present and your future is bright.
2. If they try to put you down, it because you are high and mighty.
3. If they throw stones at you, just pick them up and build a mansion!
4. If they make you feel like you don’t fit in, it is because you are unique and stand out.
5. If they say no to you, it means New Opportunity.
Zoe met Eze (Chuck) in the 14th year of what turned out to be an 18 year ‘journey’ with mental illness. They got married less than a year of meeting with Zoe fully knowing Chuck had a diagnosis of mental illness. In the 18th year, Chuck defied the odds of mental illness. A consultant psychiatrist signed him off the mental health system with a bill of NO MENTAL ILLNESS. The consultant was so amazed by Chuck’s astonishing recovery that he even questioned how Chuck was diagnosed with mental illness all those years before, in the first place! Today Chuck is free from medication, its dependency and hospitalizations. Zoe’s award nominated book, DEFYING THE ODDS, chronicles the highs and ‘lows’ of this journey. Zoe, often writing from the standpoint of a caregiver, clearly understands that mental illness does not only affect an individual challenged with the disease, but also families, marriages and society as a whole.
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