(((((((((( Tomi ))))))))))

Hope you're not feeling bad, or did I misinterpret something? Please share any thoughts you feel appropriate and maybe we can work thru them

I wanted to clarify that working in the field which created your dragon / inner conflict is not the only way to heal. You've mentioned the book you or books you're working on. Right on for you! Turning lemons into lemonade Hundreds, maybe thousands, maybe ten thousand people will read you're story and recieve inspiration, or maybe only 10, or twenty. What will that number of people go on to accomplish in life? The ideas are staggering when you consider that they may have offspring who will have offspring and each of those offspring will each bring something into the great picture Maybe an astronaut, or scientist, a financier or philanthropist... leaving no small credit for the mothers who raise those genius's. They are tomorrows world.

This is why I feel we each have a responsibility to do what we can. Be it mentoring, teaching, writing, lecturing, voting, listening, working, volunteering, expressing.... Some causes of depression are environmentally caused. Rather than allowing our environment to beat us over the head, the very action of fighting back gives us the feeling of doing something to change our lives and those who follow. We can replant feelings o worthlessness with feelings of accomplishment, even small steps at a time matter.

For me persoanlly, if it's high rent and low wages that depress me, then I can be active in working on making change, with the power of my vote or joining an organization for reform, or, if no organization exists, starting one. I think many of us, me included, have fallen into the "Let them do it for me" thinking trap. Where are our heroes? Maybe the calvary isn't coming. Maybe we have to build our own weapons, make a fort, ration our supplies, fly our own flag....

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but rising every time we fall." Confucius