: About Me

Hello Everyone!

My name is Gregory; I am a disabled Veteran of the Armed Forces and my career background is health care and health care management. My academic credentials encompass an MBA and Microsoft certifications in Office, and in the summer of 2009 I will begin law school for a Masters in Jurisprudence in Health Law.

My current hobbies include reading literature, research on mental health and health care law, writing free verse poetry and short stories, photography (35mm and digital), scuba diving and underwater photography, and paranormal photography; I practice the Martial Arts, I'm a musician and I play six & 12 string guitars, lap steel, and bass; love writing and playing music, and I'm a novice at Web design, as I've just developed my own Web site. I also like to spend time working on my house with various projects.

Most of my current writing works can be found on my personal Web site; please go to:

http://bipolarbutnotalone.com

This site is free and without restrictions. Most of the stories on this site are from personal experiences, as I am diagnosed with Bipolar I disorder and have fought with this disease and various forms of treatment for over 25 years. My site also includes links to many avenues of dual-diagnosis treatment as well as many other mental illness disorders and addiction facilities, books and CD publication companies, Web links to professionals and writers of various topics, free music, videos, and games. I believe you'll find this site very interesting and full of helpful information.

My love for writing began when I was in grade school, submitting papers on the usual various grade school topics. My writing really took off on more of a semi-professional level while in graduate school, where it was mandated to write articles suitable for publishing. This time period is where I perfected my method of research and utilizing "problems, cause and effect, feasible solutions, and final solution recommendation with summary". No way around this when you're in graduate school! Anyway, my true love of poetry began in high school where I took poetry & literature study courses and studied many poets and styles of poetry. Then years later, I just started writing poetry as a hobby. My main style of poetry is free verse, Quatrain and Diamante style. My favorite of many poets is D. H. Lawrence and William Blake.

My family and a few close friends are my main source of emotional and unconditional loving support...they, too have suffered alongside with me regarding things I have done in the darkest days of my illness. They have endured so much and they are still with me...God bless them! I feel they need therapy more than I for all they have put up with! They even like my poetry!
Go figure...

So...once again I am writing poetry and articles, whether if be in a Manic state, a depressive episode, or an even "keel" state of mind, and sometimes, regardles of any 'rapid cycling", they are definitive and acceptable, in my opinion. I write about anything and everything that comes to mind. My mind is always racing and never stops, and I attempt to put it all on "paper" because with a racing mind, especially in a manic state, I have a tendency to put grandiose thoughts and manic behavior down on paper.

I would like to dedicate all of my writing to my family and my special lady friend, who have always been there for me, through my times of mood swings, including severe downs, and my periods of extreme mania. Without them, I would NOT be alive today. "Though I am a man without crops or cattle, I am the richest man in the world with my blessings of family and love...I am, in deed, truly the richest man in the world."

Please read "Self Pity" by D. H. Lawrence; that small piece really keeps me focused.

Peace and live well, my friends! Best of luck to all of you with your writing. I hope you like my work. I am sincerely impressed by yours.

"There is no fate but what me make of ourselves."

John Gregory Myers

My passion is ...

Writing poetry and short stories, playing guitar, bass, and writing songs, spending time with my family and girlfriend, practicing the Martial Arts, and most importantly...solitude.

I know too much about ...

Health care laws and policies, family tragedy, addcition, untreated mental illnesses, revoery, and musci songwriting and composition

My parents always told me ...

Keep your act together and take your medications, or we'll really hurt you!

My childhood ambition ...

It "was" to be a pilot...Navy pilot on a carrier.

My favorite memory ...

Too many to take note of... I'll get back to you!. :)

Why I write ...

The flow of knowledge is important to me and sharing this knowledge is helpful for proper communication, if written tastelfullyh; I love to write poetry, many styles - most of which reflect on my life experiences and whatever "mood" I was in; I truly admire all the great postes of your time, both historical and the "Knew ones" coming aorund.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The Beatles and Beethoven

My first job ...

Radiologic Technologist in the USAF

My best moment ...

Receiving my MBA, and receiving my acceptance letter to Law Schoo for a Masters in Jurisprudence in Health Law; and...receiving feedback on my articles and poetry, good or bad.

My inspiration ...

Bruce Lee and Mr. Lee's philosophy, my Martial Arts Sifu, and most of all...my father

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: What I see

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Poem: "Know Thy Self" To know thy self Is constant discovery. Inserting a 'bookmark' into your life; An understanding of one's process of living. This is to be understood. Understood through mere listening; Teaching of great Maters as well, Learning life on a daily basis. Not a ritual, no books, But need formed through actualization. Listening brings actualization through 'self', As well from personal experience. The spirit controls, So let the spirit out, And the spirit will take form. With rise of spirit becomes reason, And spirit begets growth. Though all thoughts are partial, It can ne...

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