I Hate Depression

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.

Robert Frost

The toughest thing about dealing with depression is that life goes on. Time will not stop for us or for anyone. The earth keeps spinning. The longer this condition persists, the more likely we are to face another depressing problem: How can we recover that lost time, let alone catch up?

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Compassion

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.

Dalai Lama

One of the very first books I’ve read by the current Dalai Lama was “The Art of Happiness.” This book repeatedly reinforced the notion that happiness comes down to a state of mind. It’s not something that happens passively like aging, nor is it something you can catch, like a butterfly in a net. Happiness must be grown and cultivated internally through compassion.

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