As I listen to Ole Blue Eyes singing the opening bars of My Way, one often ponders on Life's journey -- consisting of crests and ebbs, Ups and Downs, laughs and frowns. Desi has his share too like any other human, and I believe most writers have their hair turn white sooner than others except for the Shrinks, Cos we tax our brains cells more than the average dude.
So sometimes we descend into melancholy, or DEPRESSION; so here's another extract from CI4S&T:), on this state termed Depression~~
Senator Thomas Eagleton of Missouri was forced to withdraw as the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1072 after party leaders learned he had undergone electroshock treatment for depression. Was he fit, we asked, to withstand the mental rigors of executive decision-making?
Yet more than a century, one of our most beloved presidents, Abraham Lincoln, endured fitful moods of despair in which he saw visions of his own coffin. Melancholy WAS THE COMMON TERM APPLIED TO lINCOLN'S MOODS. tODAY WE WOULD PROBABLY RECOGNIZE THEM AS SIGNS OF DEPRESSION.
wINSTON cHURCHILL ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE WAS PERIODICALLY OVERTAKEN BY THE "BLACK DOG" OF DEPRESSION. pAINTER vINCENT vAN gOH CUT OFF HIS EAR IN A PERIOD OF DESPAIR. mARTIN lUTHER... (nOTE: SUDDENLY i LOOKED UP THE SCREEN AND SAW THE PRECEDING FEW LINES DISPLAYING uPPER AND lOWER cASES EXCHANGED, BUT i WILL LEAVE AS IT IS, ok WIT' THEE?)
...wrote that recurrent melancholy brought him "close to the gates of death and hell . . . shaken by desperation and blasphemy of God."
How thankful we as Christians should be that in our black moods of depression we can turn to our loving Lord for solace and encouragement. He, having undergone the sametemptations can sustain and strengthen us.
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ONE of the factors that can drive us into depression is that after one had performed a charitable act for a stranger, the beneficiary did not show an sign of appreciation. Well, such is life demonstration a human's frailties, so we must brace ourselves to meet such ingrates. Desi believes all the great religiopns of the world demand of us to do good, as in accordance with the credo: DO UNTO OTHERS WHAT YOU WOULD WANT OTHERS DO UNTO THEE...
Again from CI4S&T (obviously written by A. Dudley Dennision, Jr. with US readers and background in mind...) on RECIPROCITY/RECIPROCATION:~~
To be contd, be goOd Miss Patience, cun?:)
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Mary, about twenty, lived near a woman who was not well. One summer she offered to spend her two-week vacation taking her place in the home as nurse and mother. This freed Mr. and Mrs. Brown to go on a camping trip. When they returned, Mrs Brown was rested, her health was improved, and both were very grateful.
Mary moved to another part of the city. About five years later, her emplyer's place of business burned down, leaving him close to financial ruin. Short-termjobs were scarce, and Mary faced at least two winter months without pay, in a cramped apartment, while thebusiness was being relocated.
Two days after the fire, Mrs. Brown phoned Mary to tell her that her family was preparing to leave for a six-week stay in Arizona because of Mr. Brown's asthma. She asked if Mary would be interested in staying in their home, all utilities and groceries provided, to take care of their red setter. If so, they could start at once. Of course Mary went.
While t5hey were away Mary learned from Mrs. Brown's sister that she had offered to take their doginto her home. Mary head, too, that theBrowns had not seemed to fretabout gettingan early start until they'd heard about the fire.
When they returned Mary asked Mrs. brown if these rumors were true. Reluctantly, she admitted they were. "We didn't want to make our offer look like payfor what you did for us yearsago," she explained, "but we are very glad we could finally make it up to you."
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