My wife's depression can be contagious. I know she's hurting inside and has great difficulty dealing with this. I want to reach out, snap my fingers and make things worry free, but nothing seems to work. At times this escalates into my own depressed feelings. I see that "studmuffin" wrote "Only you can make yourself happy." It makes me smile because on the better days, my wife might call me "Studmuffin". Such a smooth talker

Anyway, that statement is a variation of one that I use, "Happiness comes from within." and I believe we can literally engage ourselves to declare, "I am happy because I choose to be." God has given us so many great things to share and learn and life (as we know it) truly is too short to worry about things that are out of our control. We need to focus our energy on the things that "we can" control.

When I got on the computer I was feeling pretty bad; bad for myself, bad for my wife. I am now smiling again and will make it a point to be more understanding and supportive for someone near and dear to me who is hurting far more than I. Hopefully I can help her see the light...baby steps.

Thanks!