I've been thinking about ways to help "normal" people get into the mind of one who is bipolar. Tonight, rather than write about another episode of hypo-mania or depression, I thought I'd just share the words to a song that has resonated with me for over 40 years. I think it could be considered the "Manic Anthem". From Man of La Mancha, "To Dream the Impossible Dream"
To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star
This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far
To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march into Hell
For a heavenly cause
And I know if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest
And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star
This song has stuck in my mind ever since a hospice patient who had been "The Man of La Mancha" prerecorded himself singing it to have it played at the end of his funeral. Very moving and ....very unique. He got a standing ovation, but of course, he was not there to appreciate the moment with us.
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