Depression is a fight you can win. There are many among us who silently struggle daily with depression. They battle each day with their own mind. They know they may never feel the happiness they long for, yet they choose to fight back against the advance of the sadness. It is courageous. Depression is simply a problem you can't understand until you experience it. It is a medical/chemistry problem, not a character problem. I devoted an entire chapter of my book (Be Happy) to that idea.

If you feel the overwhelming sadness is closing in, I hope you'll get help. You can do this. Each smile, each positive word, each faithful act, fights back against the darkness. Fight on. You will overcome.