ALl things considered, and I know some people will argue about this, but any given morning you get up and you have much to be happy about and probably much to be sad about. You have to decide how you will let these outside influences affect you. You can be happy or you can be sad.

I have some patients that are constantly gloom and doom, and everything seems to bear down on them and keep them from ever being happy. Conversely, I have a lady with late stages of Scleraderma that is now on oxygen full time and manages to ask me what I have been reading, tell me a joke, or otherwise put a positive spin on the everyday dealings of life. She has chosen to be happy. She will soon die. By rights, she was supposed to be dead almost ten years ago, but for whatever reason, she is still alive and kicking. I can't help but think a lot of the reason is her mental outlook.

Having said this, clinical depression is another matter and I am not saying some people shouldn't seek professional advice.