The pain of mental illness cannot be prayed away nor medicated into submission. It is endured, like cancer. The survivors have stories to tell and they should; so that those who do not survive will not be forgotten. There is hope in survival. The hope is that we learn to live into the moment so fully that our future is not something to be feared but received as gift and our past is left where it belongs. Give thanks for prayer and medication that help us endure. Through prayer we gain confidence. Through medication we gain freedom. With both we endure.
Tor Kristian Berg ©2013
