“I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally.”

“I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.”

“Those with a grateful mindset tend to see the message in the mess. And even though life may knock them down, the grateful find reasons, if even small ones, to get up.”

“I would not wish depression on anybody. And yet, it taught me a lot. I have not become suddenly mawkishly grateful for my life but I am more interested in it, more engaged you might say. When you have spent long years in the dark, there is joy in seeing the light and pleasure, above all, in the ordinary.”

“Here, though, there is nothing. Nothing at all. The sky seems empty even when I am looking at the moon and stars.”

“I am afraid of darkness... even though it knows me it loves me.”