ROBIN
WILLIAMS
As someone who has grappled with
depression for many years, I can relate to Robin Williams’ spiral into despair, his
state of utter meaningless, helplessness and hopelessness as described by Susan
Trout (Director of Living Life Completely and Well – Washington DC) in her most
recent blog.
Here are a couple of quotes from her
blog:
We are impacted by
Robin's emotional and spiritual pain because his pain is akin to our own.
Most of us have experienced depression and despair at some point in our lives;
perhaps we are experiencing this pain right now. Robin Williams is like a
mirror: when we look into it, we see that he is us, you and me, and he is
giving us an opportunity to choose a different path. In this mirror, we
recognize ourselves.
How do we start climbing
out of the abyss of despair? Hands reach out to help us, but we
often decline them, or don't even notice their presence. We are the ones
who must "wake up" and choose to begin the long climb out of the
depths of despair. There is only one way to begin this climb: admit the
truth of our condition and then, with humility, pray and ask for help from the
Divine and from all of the Angels and High Beings who are imbued by the
sacred. It doesn't matter if we believe this is so - it only matters that
we have a little willingness to ask for help. Once we are sincere about
asking for help and are willing to accept it, help will come. How
it will come is inevitably a surprise. Synchronicity is the method
extended to us by the Divine and our Helpers. We MUST look for
synchronicities, as they WILL come. It could be something someone
says to us or a book someone hands us. Or a book that falls from
the shelf. Or a dream. Or a loving pet. Or a beautiful
nature scene. Or the impulse to call a Hot Line. Or someone
describes a healing method that has helped her and we recognize it might also
help us. As we begin to climb out of despair, we will have an urge to use what
we have learned to help others. We will refocus our life. We will
finally find meaning and purpose for being on planet earth.
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