Tao, "thinking about it" is a huge positive step. That's all we can ever do is take a step, and this is a step in the right direction. You will make the choices that are right for you but remember that it is YOU that is primary importance... not your classes, not your family, not your financial state... those things are important but without "you" there can't be a "your" anything. Time to take care of yourself so that everything else can truly be yours again.

Depression clouds and confuses that issue and often obscures it completely. That's why we are here to remind you and encourage you. We know what it is like to be under the surface, and what it is like to see the light again.

A man is walking down the street, and falls into a hole.

The hole is so deep, and the walls so slick, that he can't get out.

He sees a doctor walking down the street, and calls out to him. "Hey doc, I've fallen in this hole- can you help me out?" The doctor writes him a prescription, throws it in the hole, and keeps walking.

Then the man sees a priest walking down the street, and calls out, "Hey father, I've fallen in this hole, can you help me out?" The priest writes down a prayer on a piece of paper, throws it in the hole, and keeps walking.

Then the man sees one of his good friends. He calls out, "Hey friend, I've fallen in this hole, can you help me out?" His friend comes over, and jumps in the hole with him.

The man says, "What are you, crazy? Now we're both in the hole!"

His friend says, "Yes, but I've been here before, and I know the way out."