To be honest I'd be much happier without having to deal with depression haha but it has definitely helped me face myself. Used to be I never self-analyzed my actions or thoughts and I was always focused on a friend or some game online and always very busy. But depression really helped me see not only the ugly parts of myself but also the good parts as well. And while I don't think I had any amazing epiphanies when in comes to other people I sure learned a lot about myself and hey that's a pretty good start.

My favorite lesson was how my interactions with people are so powerful. Especially when I had no hope inside of me, my parents, my friends, my co-workers and schoolmates all breathed their own hope into me whenever I really talked to them. And until I could make my own hope that was what I lived on. And now that I'm starting to make it by myself, I want to breathe hope into others. It's not as big as adopting children from Africa or something like that but I'd like to think of it as a grand beginning.