Mar
6
2009
Depression A Natural Consequence
Author: siggyI realized this morning I awoke depressed–something that does not happen to me too often. I was abnormally busy the last two days. I did not get enough rest and too many things have gone wrong (though small things). I have to take better care of myself, reduce my work load, eat properly. I am going to lay low the next few days. Then, at some point, the depression should lift.
Nothing happens in a vacuum including depression. There is an intricate relationship between our body and our mind. My depression is telling me something is wrong, something needs correcting. I need to take better care of myself. I have to learn to listen to my body and mind. Sometimes depression is just a physical thing. Fatigue is often a factor. Everyone has limits. I have to observe mine.
Every fall it get taken in and when the warm weather comes again it goes outside. During the months it is inside it just withers, barely hangs on. During the summer when it is hung outside from the garage door it perks up, the leaves turn a deep purple and it becomes full and healthy again. One lesson you can learn from all that is that sometimes all we can do is to get through a season until the conditions improve then you will thrive again just like that wandering jew plant. And this happens to you on a cyclical basis although not with the precise regularity of the plant.