I look around at the world and my life and everything that's going horribly wrong and I can see how people would get depressed...but then I see all the wonderful things happening, God's beautiful creation, all the wonderful people, every good thing that can sometimes get lost in the shadow of disappointments, lost dreams, broken hearts, lost lives...the key to living is seeing past the shadows, through the murk and mire of disappointment and see the good. You can't make it through life by surviving. Surviving isn't living, to live we need to keen our senses to the good. Even the little things, seeing someone willingly open a door for another person, someone letting you merge freely while driving, a person not getting upset when someone bumps into him. Apply some of these to yourself, sometimes it helps to satisfy yourself, to know that you were able to do something good for someone else even if your life is falling apart can make you feel accomplished. Depression is a choice. You can give in or stand up to it, tell it off and turn away. You wouldn't believe the rush you get from stepping away from the brink of depression, the power in realizing you just accomplished in one moment, with one change of perspective something people have been fighting for years. Be aware of the bad, but see the good. Dwell on the good, not the bad. If you eat moldy food, you'll get sick. If you eat good food you'll be healthy. Feed your mind and soul on the good things and have a healthy spirit. Read your Bible and pray, God wants to hear everything going wrong and everything going right. Vent to him and thank him for everything good and ask him to help you see the good. Make a list at the end of the day of at least three good things you saw that day. Before long you'll notice mire and more good. Just keep your eyes and ears open, you'll find it. And that is my cure for depression.
( side effects may include...)
•Happiness
•Smiling
•Laughing
•Faith in humankind
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