You can't fix yourself out of a mental health issue. You can't wake up and say, 'Today I'm not being depressed!' It's a process to get well, but there is recovery.
Margaret TrudeauRead
I was a quicksilver girl who saw every leaf on every tree. For me, there was no middle ground between sinking and flying, and once I was into my early adult years, my roller coaster got wilder and faster: I seemed to rise and fall with the same reckless velocity.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a sense of intense emotional experience and the extremes of life.
Margaret Trudeau reflects on her turbulent journey through life, characterized by vivid awareness and extreme emotional states. She emphasizes the lack of moderation in her experiences, depicting a life full of highs and lows that come with a sense of both reckless abandon and vibrant living.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming life challenges.
You can't fix yourself out of a mental health issue. You can't wake up and say, 'Today I'm not being depressed!' It's a process to get well, but there is recovery.
Don't feel badly when you take off work to go for a run, to go for a walk; don't feel badly to take time to play with your children, to be part of their lives. Work is important, but you can't work at your best unless you're a whole person.
The label 'wife of the prime minister' is like a giant signboard pointing at my head from a Monty Python sketch. But I am not Mrs. Prime Minister. I'm a human being.
Do you know what prepares you for the mental hospital? Being a prime minister's wife.
Oh, am I a feminist? I usually say that I was an accidental feminist. Really, I was just being me.
I tried to be a good wife, but I was lost in my gilded cage.
Unannounced changes in life's itinerary are like dancing lessons from God.
You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim
Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.
Generations have been working in jobs they hate, just so they can buy what they don't really need.
I wanted to try this new drink: That's all we do, isn't it - look at things and try new drinks?
Life I love you, all is groovy.
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