Photo taken by contributor Jacque who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and ADHD. She is a graphic designer, wife, and mother to two boys. She is learning to draw from God’s strength to get her through every day. She has also found art and music to be great healers and outlets for the soul.

About this photo: “Worn, weathered, broken, empty, rusted, busted, crumbling…All words that could describe us at different points in our lives. Yet there’s beauty that comes from such things. The struggle we face to get through each hour, each day, each episode or breakdown only makes us stronger when we accept that we have illnesses. When we look up from the ground, ready to face the challenges and fight the fight, that’s when we can see the beauty…”

Find more from Jacque at her blog.

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