First, All Relationships Are With Yourself-and Sometimes

Pain (any Pain-emotional, Physical, Mental) Has A Message. Once We Get The Pains Message, And Follow Its Advice, The Pain Goes Away.

Laughter Is Essential To Our Equilibrium, To Our Well-being, To Our Aliveness. If We're Not Well, Laughter Helps Us Get Well. If We Are Well, Laughter Helps Us Stay That Way.

Prison Is A Crash Course In The Darker Side Of Life. Few Survive It Without Becoming A Different Person: More Cynical, Jaded, Fearful, Angry. Its Hard To Trust Again, Hard To Believe, Easy To Hate A System That Destroyed Your Life Behind The Pompous Pretense Of Saving You From Yourself, For Your Own Good.

First, All Relationships Are With Yourself-and Sometimes They Involve Other People. Second, The Most Important Relationship In Your Life-the One You Have, Like It Or Not, Until The Day You Die-is With Yourself.

There Are Many Misconceptions About Depression-mostly Negative. Unfortunately, Because Depressed People Think Negatively About Depression And Its Treatment, They Don't Get Help, Which Allows The Depression To Worsen, Which Leads To More Negative Thinking, Which Produces A Vicious Cycle Of Suffering.