How to get out of depression

Einstein once wrote that the whole duty of man is to help his fellow man.

This is excellent advice. You may not like what he did in his personal life but he had the right idea about helping others.

In fact. One of the primary causes of depression is thinking about yourself and all your troubles instead of thinking about others and what they might need and how you might help them in their need.

I believe the happiest people on earth are those who have made it their goal in life to help others in some way. This is the key to success in business and here at Wealthy Affiliate. Earl Nightingale put it this way. "The only way to increase your income is to increase your service to others."

Pity parties are all about self. You want others to feel sorry for you. You may feel like the guy who wrote the poem:

"They always, always pick on me. Never, never let me be. I am so sad. It has been a long time since I have been glad. But I know what I will do. I will eat some worms and then I'll die and you will see, they will all be really sorry they picked on me."

So, to get out of depression you need to do nine things:

1. Stop thinking about yourself.

2. Get up off you couch or chair or bed.

3. Do some kind of physical activity. Ride a bike ;Walk your dog; Go swimming; Run around the block or several blocks nine times.

4. Arm wrestle with a skinny guy you know you can beat, or a kid who is nine years old. Or your grand child. They will be delighted when they pin your arm to the ground.

4. Play basketball at your local park or gym.

5. Sing a happy song like "beans in my ears."

6. Play your harmonica.

7. Help someone, somewhere, somehow.

8. Send 100 dollars to feed starving kids in Africa.

Boy will you feel good and you will definitely not be depressed.

If this doesn't work, start over again at number 1.

Pastor Derry