THE BLACK CLOUD OF DEPRESSION

When the black cloud of depression descends there is often no easy way to cope with it. In the present climate so many of us are suffering with mental health problems. I am glad to say that there is now no shame in suffering this way. For suffering it really is. Freddie was very sad, for he thought he would never croak again, and Freddie was very lucky to have friends who were very kind to him. This is brilliant for we all want people to be kind to us. But – I wonder – are we kind enough to ourselves? How many people really even know how to be kind to themselves? Being kind to yourself is about more than eating well or taking exercise. It is about loving yourself and forgiving yourself and understanding yourself. It is often easier to forgive someone else than it is to forgive yourself, and yet we are only Human, and we all do wrong. Life is a journey, and, on the way, we learn many lessons. We stumble, we fall and to get up again we have to be very kind to ourselves. As you would be kind to, and take care of, a hungry, crying child learn to do the same to yourself. It is OK. to have unhappy feelings for we all have a wide spectrum of emotions and everything can be forgiven. Be kind to yourself, be gentle with yourself because you are so precious. Love and forgiveness is for yourself as well as for everyone else.

Pauline.

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