Petunia

Today I will do one thing more than I think I can do.

If I'm too tired or depressed to get out of bed, I will not only get up but also take a shower.

If I don't have the energy to go to work, I will get dressed and drive to the parking lot of my job.

If I just can't face the world, I will walk to the end of the street and back.

I will reach a little further than whatever I believe my limitations to be. Usually, when I take that little extra step, it seems easier than I thought it would, and I feel better too.

From the book Time to Break Free by Judith R. Smith

JennyK

Oh Thank you....my children are both sick today and it really has been a nice day to stay in my bathrobe and fetch juice. Now, I will attempt a shower.

Jenny

Savana 54

Thanks for that! I love those daily quotes!! I need to get one of those books!

Hey, what if there is tons of snow and we are caught in a blizzard? LOL! I still want to get out but feel stuck in this house with the awful weather...

cwohio

savanah - how about going out and making a snow angel!

nocellphone

Ah, yes... Many's the time I've needed to do the next right thing despite my sometimes overwhelming feelings. Sometimes I have to ask myself, "O.K., what would I be doing if I weren't feeling depressed right now? Oh, right. I'd eat/take a shower/go to the bathroom/put on my pants" or any normal function of an otherwise normal day (of course, we all know that "normal" is just a setting on a washing machine...).

When I feel depressed, the hardest journey in the world is from my bed to the floor.