Better to Give...

...than to receive, especially when battling depression. Giving, no matter how small, directly contradicts the subconcious voices that insist I'm worthless, useless and can't change anything. It also pulls my mental gaze out of the the deadly negative loops it twists into when my mood goes south.

I actually read about this a few weeks ago but I wasn't able to reach their site until today due to technical difficultes on their part and worse than usual evening bouts of deathly gloom. Thanks to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, you can foster an orphan elephant for as many years as you'd like and for the relatively small sum of $50. Knowing that a baby elephant is getting the care it needs puts warm, soothing feelings in my mind no matter what phase of the neurochemical wave I'm surfing at the moment.

Warning: Some of the stories at the link above are enough to down a perpetual optimist since baby elephants are primarily orphaned due to poaching. The rescued babies are the happy endings but if you're really depressed, visit at your own risk.