In addition to depression I have fibromyalgia which will be a life of chronic pain with no cure (at least not yet). Many days this gets me totally in the depths of misery. I always try to thank my higher power every day for something that I am grateful for (roof over my head, warm bed, etc). Some days when I don't feel I can even come up with something, a neat thing will sometimes happen. I have limped into a store on several occasions and been very disheartened that it is so painful to walk. On two occasions when this happened I went around a corner and almost walked into someone in a wheel chair. One time it was a teenage girl. So even if I'm in pain I have to stop and be grateful that I can still use my legs.