She was kind and loving and patient…with herself.

This goes with either gender. If you have heard it, then listen to it once more and learn to live by it. If you haven't...well...there is a saying that goes something like this...before you love others, you must love yourself. I know that probably isn't word for word. But live by it. I'm definitely going to try! I want to be able to love myself so then I can enjoy myself, instead of hate myself. I use to be this person who couldn't forget my mistakes. Every mistake I made was hanging over my head whispering to me things like "I'm no good" or "I'll never be good enough." Then I saw other people having fun being goofy or stupid...and even making mistakes but somehow still able to enjoy themselves. At first I couldn't understand, then I thought about it. I was living in the past. I am always going to make more mistakes. I'm just not going to make the same ones because I can make all my past mistakes a lesson. That's it! Don't look at things as if they are all failures and think you will never amount to anything. Make them lessons, and that alone will make you amount to something. It can make you a teacher to someone about some life lessons you have watched, so you can attempt to prevent someone else making the same mistake. That has to account for something! As time has passed, and I have slowly learned to love myself for my faults....I have begun to make those mistakes no longer burden me. Instead...I'm making them help me. And they stay right where they belong, in the back of my mind to only be brought up if someone needs advice. ☺

This is my “depressed stance”. When you’re depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you’ll start to feel better. If you’re going to get any joy out of being depressed, you’ve got to stand like this. – Charlie Brown

Depression isn't worth anyone's time. It steals time and happiness from you. You don't have to trust me, but I definitely know. I'm still fighting it. ""For every minute you are angry [or depressed] you lose sixty seconds of happiness" - Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Be thankful for what you have, and celebrate life with your family and friends. Be yourself!I know it's hard to do and accept, every single person is amazing and beautiful. Let's fight the battle together. :) We can cheer each other on or up. We can find ways to help one another in amazing ways. This is a place to turn to or escape to. If you feel alone. Send a message. I'll listen. :) No one deserves to feel alone because it's one of the worst places to be located.