By Vedika Aum, an ongoing survivor of depression
Just let the light in...
Don't block it
Don't hide from it
Don't look through it with unseeing eyes
Don't shut it out
Don't run from it
Don't turn your back to it
Don't create illusions nor excuses to avoid it
Don't let your darkness become your comfort
Don't swim in pools of self pity - sympathy - self righteous pain or martyrdom
stop wearing them as a medal a crown
No don't even run to it...
Don't rush towards it
Be gentle with yourself
Be kind....
...just be
And simply let it in...
Watch it
Feel it
Sense it
Touching you
Hugging you
Raising you
....illuminating you
Be you
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