Happiness is that state of being we all want, but many times choose not to have. A road laid out before you, and yet you choose another path. Do you ever think about how to be happy? I know I’ve wondered this in my past. When I was younger, I tried many things I thought…

It wasn’t just the depression. It was as if I, my true self, was no longer alive and I was but a shadow of myself. But I couldn’t cry for the death of me. All I could do was wait and hope that she would be resurrected. My mind, spinning, could barely recollect how it…

Depression is the absence of joy. The absence of feeling. But hope, however small, can keep the heart from stopping.  We sat on a bench by the river as the morning sun glistened over the rolling waves. People strolled by, smiling and talking on their morning walks. The wind wisped by, brushing my cheek and…

Have you ever felt as though you were reaching for something that you could never get enough of? It could be a substance, a negative influence, a person, or simply things. There are many things in our world and society that seem appealing and like they offer an answer. The answer to our depression, our…