Interested – This word makes me feel positively happy because I enjoy being interested in the world around me. Checked out, there but not there, nobody is home, are just a few phrases that could be applied to my state of being during the time before I began depression treatment. I was not all that interested in what was going on, or who was involved in it. I tried to be, especially when my daughter was talking to me. More often than not, my mind would simply wander off while I was listening to her. Same thing would happen when I tried to read, listen to music, and even watch TV. Being interested in what is going on in the world, and my family makes my life more full, and interesting. Being interested makes me an active participant in life.

Imagine – This word makes me feel positively happy because the things I imagine now – for myself and my life – are positive, and full of beauty. I no longer have the habit of imagining a life full of pain, and bad things. I imagine myself having a full life – containing joy, and laughter.

Incredible – This word makes me positively happy because so many incredible things have happened to me, and for me since I began depression treatment. I have gone from hopeless to hopeful, joyless to joyful, fearful to somewhat fearless. I never thought I would be the person I am now. The amount of change, and growth I have experienced is Incredible.