Down

Recently I've had quite a few talks with both friends and acquaintances in which they stated that the were feeling depressed. This always hurts me to the core because I want everyone to be happy, most especially my friends. It awakens a natural instinct within me to treat it as a project to be delivered or a problem to be solved which I then quickly suppress. In the end, I rarely even offer advice because such advice is often counter-productive no matter how well intentioned it may be. In the end, it is they that must learn to overcome. All I can do is to be there for them.