Today was particularly gloomy. You can’t count how many times you wanted to book a flight to South Korea because you felt so unmotivated more than ever. And just when you thought your dread could’t get any worse, a news about someone’s suicide broke out.

Then it hit you hard enough to question life — you are always there for people when they need you, but who is there for you?

You have such a strong support system. You have a family who supports everything you do in life. You have people in church who constantly pray for your well-being. You have best friends who occasionally update you with their milestones. You have a job that pays the bills. People at work are nice. It all seems okay, but sometimes, you are just your biggest enemy.

You dwell on the negative, consciously ignoring the good things in life because you think you don’t deserve to be happy. Your mind is programmed to the idea that the joy might turn out to be the opposite in the next minute. So you stay sad. You stay scared. You stay in your own bubble that spells failure all throughout. You convince yourself that you are alone. I’m breaking this to you: YOU ARE NOT. I AM WITH YOU. HE IS WITH YOU IN ALL OF YOUR BATTLES (Deuteronomy 3:22).

Love, I’m all ears.

Depression, fueled by anxiety, dread, loneliness, and the feeling of not being good enough is the worst kind of human disease. It may not be physically visible, but it eats you and your soul from the inside out. One thing that might be of help: fix your thoughts.

The world is not black and white, it has vibrant colors and different colorful shades you know existed. If you think your days are dull and boring, go for a run. It eases anxieties. When you think that the universe is unfair and that you cannot share your troubles to anyone, I am here. I’m all ears.

You are beautiful. You are enough. You are loved. You are doing great in life. You are amazing and talented. You have your passion waiting for you to come back. All the great and positive things in this world is waiting for you, so move.

Move, my love. Move even if it takes all your courage to do it. Move. Pick up that phone and call your family. Pick up that phone and call your friends. Pick up that phone and call me. I’m all ears.

Sometimes, all we need is a hug that makes us forget all the dread for a while. I am here. I’ll listen to all that you have to say. Do not, even for a second, think that you don’t have anyone. I am here. I’m all ears.

“I am bent, but not broken. I am scarred, but not disfigured. I am sad, but not hopeless. I am tired, but not powerless. I am angry, but not bitter. I am depressed, but not giving up.”