Depression: Finding Love, Peace & Joy

Recently there have been so many stories surrounding depression and it is touching everyone from the young to the old. You really can’t say it’s like a virus or a simple cold because in my opinion there is no medicine that man or any human can give you to take it away. So, what can you really do to make it better? How can you find hope to those that feel lost, but also for the family and friends who are stuck and can’t find a solution?

I believe that depression have been around for a very long time and now that the world is changing it is coming from under the rock to the surface of the world. The world has experience so much in the last decade, such as the outbreak of COVID-19, Gun-Violence, hatred, emptiness and frustration to where the hope we once had is fading away.

What can we really do to fix this? Is there a plan to help us recover? Have we forgotten who holds each problem we face? Do we know that there is a light at the end of that dark tunnel? Is it that we are so impatience to wait on the outcome or are we just trying to find a quicker way out? I don’t know the answers to these questions, but I do know that Depression is so real. Do I believe there can be healing in this situation? Yes, I do. So, the question is how can you get that healing to stop Depression?

I have learned that depression is in all of us. It is our power to overcome it. I know that I was going through depression when I lost my mother in 2018. I found myself shutting down and not wanting anything but to be with her. I keep going to her last and final place each day wishing that what I experience was nothing, but a dream. NO one knew what I was doing because I did this alone. The voices that came and went were not always good.

I had to come to reality that life is good, and the life that my mom lived was pleasing to GOD. When I started to go into that space that was not of GOD. I leaned more to him for understanding and strength. I came back to a space where I began to know that life is what you make it and do it with Love, Peace and Joy.

Knowing what you want in life is what pulls you out of depression. It took a while for me to get to that space and everyone is not patience enough to want to work in getting to that space. Some say you need to be surrounded by people that can encourage you, but to be honest you will have to work on finding a way to encourage yourself. I am not a doctor or any professional who can speak on this, but I am a person who can say that I was at that space, and I encourage myself. Be Bless, Stay Beautiful and Stay Safe.