We all wanted babies - but did any of us want children?
If you are a parent it helps if you are a grown-up.
Depression occurs when you are not being yourself. You're probably doing things you don't want to do.
A baby is like the beginning of all things: wonder, hope a dream of possibilities. In a world that is cutting down its trees to build highways, losing its earth to concrete, babies are almost the only remaining link in nature, with the natural world of living things from which we spring.
All important progress made by the human race has its roots in daydreaming.
One can develop new capacities and strengths with which to meet the natural vicissitudes of living; that one may gain a sense of inner peace through greater self-acceptance, through a more realistic perspective on one's relationships and experiences.