"The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere." Ralph Waldo Emerson
For many years a goal of mine has been to have good mental health, which I happen to think also means having good spiritual health. Emerson may very well have encapsulated the best definition of good mental health. What could be a better way to live than to find good everywhere? I once knew a woman who struggled all of her life with depression, which she believed was her innate disposition. While there is definitely a biological basis to depression, what if there is also a choice? What if one chooses to find good everywhere? Do you think that might make a difference in one's life orientation?
Caregiving is so stressful that I believe we need to be alert to the potential need for us to have psychopharmaceutical support in the form of antidepressant or anti-anxiety medications. I also think looking for and finding the good everywhere is a good antidote.
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