According to studies conducted and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association,
* Recent statistics suggest roughly seven of every one hundred people suffer depression after age 18 at some point in their lives.
* As many as one in 33 children and one in eight adolescents have clinical depression. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for ages 10 to 24.
* Most people diagnosed with major depression receive a diagnosis between their late twenties to mid-thirties.
* About six million people are affected by late life depression, but only 10% ever receive treatment.
* For every one man that develops depression, two women will, regardless of racial or ethnic background or economic status.
* More than half of all people caring for an older relative show clinically significant depressive symptoms.
* By the year 2020, depression will be the 2nd most common health problem in the world.
These statistics seem pretty depressing, that is because they are. Many blame society and how individuals are treated. It may even seem reasonable to assume that Green house gas emissions are causing depression. Perhaps it is like M. Night Shyamalan's movie the Happening where something in the air was causing people to become darkly depressed and commit suicide, but the only thing depressing about the movie was that I paid $10 to go see it.
I am one who believes that such as beauty is in the eye of the beholder so depression is a choice. As a choice depression can lead to an intoxicating effect. Sadness involves you into deep thought and in deep thought endorphins are released some of which are the same endorphins released when you are happy.

What are these endorphins and how did they get into my brain? Let us look at the word endorphins, it sounds like one is saying en-dolphins. So you have these little things swimming around your brain and they are doing flips and eating pickled haring and making some sort of wierd alien sound. Okay that one doesn't work for you lets try IN-DOOR-FINS, which probbaly have nothing to do with what we are talking about, but it sounds funny.

Depression is a disease but one that can be controlled by the individual. One thing works for those who are depressed that is to find a friend. Any one even if it is a person you see once or twice a week, and pretend they are stalking you if you see them in public somewhere say to them, "are you following me?" This will cause them to do one of two things they will smile and laugh, or they will talk into their sleeve and say, "I think they're on to us." and then run away. Either way you have to admit it is a funny situation.

Funny is an operative word and it denotes that you are having a good time. If you are in a crowd where someone is cracking jokes, while you are listening in and quietly judging, and thinking how can these people be laughing at this irritating guy? Well you have to look at the situation and be glad that same guy is who persuades so many to laugh is not invoking them to beat up the grumpy person who isn't laughing. Consider yourself fortunate and laugh.

The Bible tells us in Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.
All throughout the new testament there were people getting healed and what did they do when Jesus told them not to tell anyone, they told anyone who asked. Why because they were clinically depressed because that Jesus had healed them now they could go to work, get married, have a life, and have everything that healthy people have...NO they were dancing in the streets, taking up their beds,running home to see their servants, eating crumbs like little dogs, and the list goes on. Why did they have such joy, because there is joy in the power of God and if you have recieved,used,or have just seen it firsthand you know that Depression cannot get you. If you do become depressed then maybe you aught to realize who you belong to and what He has done for you.
I cannot offer you a quick fix but what I can offer you is this. If you become depressed then go and rent as many funny movies as you can find and watch them until you begin to laugh. After this Go to Jesus for answers...

I AM THE RICHEST HUNDRED AIR OF MY TIME

"I always imagine what I would do if I had a million dollars.

But if I had 14 trillion dollars

I would make a deal with

the men and women in office.

I would pay off the national deficit

on one condition

that these elected officials

would leave office

and promise never to

screw things up again."

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE. At least that is how the constitution read it, but when you reject the idea the great leaders of this country will be quick to remind you of that and if you don't believe it then they will have you investigated for being a threat to national security.

National security, lets breakdown this word and see if we can come to a conclusion of sorts. First we must look at National, Websters defines national as this; of, relating to, or being a coalition government formed by most or all major political parties. Most or all major political parties usually in crisis. what does this definition fall under does it give precedence to hate groups and militia's. Does it include all acts of terrorism. Perhaps it goes deeper in that it gives the people a sense of Right an wrong. I am not very political, but this definition tells me that it is a group of individuals who tell me what to think and feel. and that when things go wrong it is my fault as well as the fault of the American people who didn't vote.

Lets look at Security; Websters defines security as this; something given, deposited, or pledged to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation. Does this play a role in the debt ceiling or promised tax cuts, or more jobs. Do the men and women in office take pay cuts to full fill the nations security. Do elected officials protect each individual constituent. We keep hearing that they are taking steps to keep these promises. Wait a minute did you say steps? Did they take steps to build a national debt of 14 trillion dollars in a three year period? Did they take steps to assure that millions of jobs would be protected? Did they take steps to assure that off shore drilling was safe for the environment. Did they take steps to assure that our military had the right funding so that we would not be in this condition.

Last week I watched the news and to my alarm there were six shootings in public places including the Arizona massacre. This should not be so. Now as a result people are putting their lives back together, and all of our elected officials seek blame. Why not take steps to keep from having these things happen. I do not see Jared Loughner as being the last of his kind. there are still politically motivated idiots out there and most have been elected to office. As I see it Rhetoric does not kill people, but when life sucks for an individual they usually snap and why is this so. Because the men and women in authority are looking at which rhetorical statement caused which rhetorical incident, instead of fulfilling the obligation they pledged to do when they swore the oath of office.

As a nation we are in crisis and all I can do is voice the concern of an individual who knows from past experience of taking steps to prevent as opposed to taking steps to repair. I love this country and refuse to sit back and watch it disintegrate because of stupidity. we are a prosperous nation, and had that stimulus money gone to the American people instead of big business we would see the economy exploding, please do not ban that rhetoric because an explosive economy would be a good thing.