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To be Happy....

  A man had written to the Rebbe in roughly these terms: “I am depressed. I am lonely. I feel that life is meaningless. I try to pray, but the words do not come. I keep mitzvot but find no peace of mind. I need the Rebbe’s help.” The Rebbe sent a brilliant reply without using a single word. He simply circled the first word of every sentence and sent the letter back. The word in each case was “I.” -Rabbi Jonathan Sacks To be happy is to realize it's about "us" not "me."

Act

"As a confirmed melancholic. I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, like melancholics, I suffer also from sloth." - Edward Abbey Do not give in. Do not give up. Go.