Silly Thoughts!

 Life gives us options as well as conditions.  I have only ever found one thing that life cannot hamper, and that is silliness.  Strange but true.  Silly makes the world go 'round.  We can be furious, but if something silly comes along we are laughing before we know it.  We all need more silliness in our lives.

Major depressive disorder is hard to deal with at times, but as I have begun to heal I've noticed a strong craving for the silly parts of life.  I have a friend who is very silly.  He throws smiles out like someone in New Orleans on a parade float throws out trinkets.  You can't help but smile when in his presence, and he is not doing this with any intention other than to make those around him smile.  It works.  

What has this to do with depression?  A great deal.  Those of us with this particular mental illness have a tendency to stay inside ourselves and not go out and deal with the real world until someone silly comes around to drag us kicking and screaming into the world.  My friend is my caseworker, which I find odd.  In the first place, why did I get so lucky?  He is extremely intelligent and very compassionate and is very good at his job.  I am a lucky duck.  We need more people in our lives who see things through a laugh and/or a smile.  We would find ourselves more likely to burst into laughter from time to time.  I thank the people out there who still know how to be silly, and urge those of us who struggle with depression to seek out the true silliness in our world.  Then share it with your therapist.