..Since depression is a genetic biological illness, like diabetes, or low thyroid, it wasn't lack of character, laziness, or something I could "snap out of"-it would be like trying to snap out of a toothache.

Guilt is anger directed at ourselves.

Our thoughts create our reality-not instantly, necessarily, as in "Poof! There it is" - but eventually. Where we put our focus - our inner and outer vision - is the direction we tend to go. That's our desire, our intention.

The irony is that the person not taking risks feels the same amount of fear as the person who regularly takes risks.

You can have anything in life you really want - but you can't have everything in life you really want. Decide.

It is a risk to love. What if it doesn't work out? Ah, but what if it does.

The ongoing successful treatment of my depression is the single most important positive step I have taken in my life, hence my enthusiasm for the subject.