Good Morning Wellbutrin

This weekend, someone shared with me that you have two choices as daylight awakens you. You can say, "Good Morning, God" or you can say, "Good God, Morning."

Now, she didn't say one need be limited to the word God. It could be Good Morning Earth, or Life, or Happiness. The point was that determining your frame of mind at the start of the day can greatly influence your overall outlook as that day progresses.

Is it one of gratitude for having one more day with our precious loved ones? For waking up in an industrialized country not being ravaged by war and poverty (well, I know this point could be argued, but you know what I mean)?

This is not to say we all don't wake up to some mornings consumed by sadness or anger. There are definitely times when "Good God, another morning to face" feels quite appropriate. And that's okay, if you try to let the good days outnumber the bad.

Being the jokester that I am, I asked if it was okay that I awoke each day to say, "Good Morning Wellbutrin." Hey, it greatly influences MY day. And when you have a family that has been ravaged by mental health issues for generations, this is definitely gratitude-worthy.

I guess I'm thankful for modern medicine, and health insurance, and a society that values - maybe not mental health in itself (we'll get there someday) - but the drugs that help get us there.

Go pharmaceuticals!