I'm Not That Old, And

Number One, We Have To Talk About Mental Illnesses. Number Two, You Can Actually Address Things From A Purer And Honest Direct Line To What's Been Going On In Your Life And How You've Been Feeling And Why You Think The Way You Think. I Do Think There Is A Genetic Predisposition For Mental Illness, For Depression, For Suicide, But I Also Think That Lifestyle Can Change Things. If You're An Addict, If You Drink And You're Putting A Depressant Into Your Body, It's Going To Cause Serious Problems.

I Got Back Into The Position Of Taking Care Of My Husband, Which Is What I'd Learned That I Couldn't Really Do: You Can Love And Make Things Okay To A Certain Extent, But You Can't Fix. I Didn't Quite Learn That Until The Kayaking Incident. It Became So Clear Then.

It's Not That I Don't Believe In Miracles, But I Never Quite Trust That They're Real.

A Lot Of Exercise Is Mindless; You Can Have Music Or The Radio On And Not Be Aware. But If You're Aware In Anything You Do - And It Doesn't Have To Be Yoga - It Changes You. Being Present Changes You.

I Spent A Lifetime Giving My Power Away, Assuming That Everybody Knew Better What Was Right For Me Than Me. And Then There Comes A Point In Your Life You Go, Oh, Wait A Second! There's An A-ha Moment When You Realize That The Only Person That Can Delegate Your Future Is You.