I want to talk to you about a subject that affects everyone's life at some time and many of us have
family members or friends who are suffering with mental illness and I
suppose today we are a little bit more open about it but yet we still hide it
an awful lot and especially the person who is suffering with mental illness
they're kind of afraid if I share it and tell I'd be letting myself down but
you're not letting yourself down it's a good thing to share because you're
getting it out of your system you're getting understanding it's helping you
to see and others your friends and your family or even if you're going to a
psychologist helps you to see why you are suffering with a mental illness at
that particular time in your life and another thing the Angels would always
say to me is that always to remember that you will get through this but don't
be afraid and don't be ashamed to reach out for help and in a book I have
written, Prayers from the Heart I've been kinda know it a bit so I'm my
reading is improving a little bit but not very much and and in a way I suppose
when we talk about mental illness at times I guess I probably suffered with a
little bit of anxiety because I always remember when Joe was so sick or when
Christopher was sick or when my daughter Pearl was having a hard time in school
or with friends you know always praying and asking the angels to please help
them let them get back home safely I think every mother and father in a way
suffers with mental illness in anxiety over their children because
we want the best for them all of the time
and when we see our children suffering we find it, as parents, what would I say
kind of lost a bit because in one sense no matter what skills we have it's our
child and we ourselves become more anxious because they're anxious they're
nervous they're going through a real hard time, stress and so in a way we feel
kind of I'm trying to find the words but lost ourselves not knowing really what
way should I help because we're feeling so much love for them we don't want them
to feel that hurt and pain and that anxiety and that stress we want to as
parents to to heal it and yet in one way we don't know how and yet in another way
we do because we have to be there to support no matter what and I think
it's very important for for everyone you know to say to yourself you know it will
pass you know you will get through it and let go of all the fear and grab
grasp onto you know reach out and grasp onto the hope and ask your guardian
angel to help for help ask your parents ask everybody your friends share it
because you want to start to live life again and this is a prayer which I read
now and that I have written and it's a prayer to release from
mental illness and forgive me I am do dyslexic sometimes I do find it hard to
pronounce words and it starts with and I'd bless myself if you don't mind
Father Son and Holy Spirit Amen Dear God, Release me from my anxiety and
depression. Help me to heal. Release me from my physical pain. Release me from my
bad habits. Release me from burdens unknown. Release me from this horrible
place. Release me to move out of my pain and live life again. Let me feel the
light of your hope and your love. Thank you for helping me my God, Amen
and I suppose all those words are so important because we need hope and we
need love and we're asking for all of the things that we know will heal us but
asking is powerful because that is your first step and allowing yourself to see
the light of hope and seeking help in every direction and not to feel ashamed
in any way because there is no reason to be ashamed because you are
full of anxiety and fear and depression. So God bless and love you all.