Hello Robert,

Express your thoughts and feelings through the use of a journal – writing things down is therapeutic.  If you have your own room, play your favorite music and, if there’s room, dance around.  Movement and exercise ward off depression.  Look for groups and classes in your area in a subject you enjoy and take part in them.  Take the children out for walks at the weekend where you can spend some quality time with them.  Sketch, paint, make lunch, look for wild flowers, birds and insects.  Contact a friend or make a new one and meet up once a week.  Make a box of treasures full of cards, drawings, photos and so on from your loved ones.  Look for inspirational quotes to include.  Write down jokes that you find funny and so on.

I have a card that a friend once sent me with the A-Z of Life’s Journey.  Here’s an example:  Quit Worrying, Have Faith, Yield to Fun and Venture into the Unknown.

Act as if you are having fun and one day you might actually find yourself enjoying your life again.  I heard once that laughter was as good for you as jogging.  Now I just sit on a park bench laughing at all the joggers going by.

Peggy