| It may seem Pollyannaish to view depression as a gift. | | | | trying to move forward, turn around, and fly out the |
| The gift of depression is its ability to wake you up and | | | | other side. Similarly, there are times when if you force |
| make you do something different and change your life. | | | | yourself to try to move forward and overcome |
| Fly Metaphor | | | | obstacles by sheer force of will you may cause |
| One time I saw a fly inside a car banging its head over | | | | yourself great injury, to no avail. There are times when |
| and over again against a car window. It seemed as if it | | | | the most effective strategy is to stop in your tracks |
| would injure itself as it repeatedly tried to escape the | | | | and to contemplate your situation rather than bulldozing |
| car by flying into the window, bouncing back and trying | | | | ahead. For example, if the fly had stopped and turned |
| again. The irony was that the window on the other | | | | around, it might have noticed the other window offered |
| side of the car was open, and all it had to do was stop | | | | an easy escape into freedom. |