Twenty five years old. A quarter century complete, accompanied by the average age when bipolar symptoms appear. The present is not guaranteed to be the future.

A challenge. A struggle. A failure. A lesson.

You’d never say, “What I have defines who I am.” Yet you act like it. Living a life in service to the notion.

A shared passion. A shared tragedy. A shared interest. Find people to share with.

A moment of silence. An inquisition into why. Assuming positive intent.