Loneliness, depression and Olympic fairy-tale endings

But what if your doctor told you to watch what you're thinking, especially if you knew it could work as both a preventative and curative agent?

A news article this week in The Christian Science Monitor, The people of Myanmar need to learn to 'think freedom', reminded me of my experiences with depression. I needed to LEARN to 'think good', 'think happiness', 'think fulfillment', 'think usefulness' – all traits of our divine heritage.

From my experience, the move from depression and loneliness to fulfillment was not an easy journey. However, I now realise that my new spiritual viewpoint positively affected my relationships, my exercise habits, my goals, my health and my experiences.

As for Olympic fairy-tales and gold medals winners, we don't need to listen to the 'ugly duckling' fairy-tale or genetically malformed hypothesis that binds some of us, our family members or friends hopelessly to depression and loneliness. Finding ways out of depression and loneliness may lie in integrating prayer and spirituality to enrich the current medical model.