Ronnie Worsham > Quotes

“Depression is a type of underlying mindset that develops from within, above and beyond even our consciousness.  It is our mental and emotional weather—our “inner climate."  I wake up some mornings and it is just “cloudy."  Not cloudy like having a hazy mind.  I mean cloudy as in dreary and darker than normal. ”
― Ronnie Worsham, Fighting and Winning Over Depression: My Practical Thoughts and Spiritual Journey

“Think about it—God made you and perhaps he wants you to use your melancholy personality to accomplish his purposes in you.”
― Ronnie Worsham, Fighting and Winning Over Depression: My Practical Thoughts and Spiritual Journey

“for those that face chronic bouts of depression, getting a perspective on it is one of the greatest challenges.  For those who do not really experience it, it is just as important to get a right perspective on depression lest your judgments and reactions hurt others you love and damage your ability to be a help and support.”
― Ronnie Worsham, Fighting and Winning Over Depression: My Practical Thoughts and Spiritual Journey

“Quell my darkness and my doubt, Still my inner being, Calm the storm that rages within, That keeps my heart from singing.   Your utter beauty and striking light, Often seem untouchable; out of reach, Some days all I can seem to do is fight, Living in the breach.   Stop my worry and drive away my fear, Strengthen my weak resolve. Wash away my sin; remove my guilt, Please all my hurt dissolve.   You are the Healer and Savior of my soul, You‘re the Deliverer of my heart. Come, my Lord, and make me whole, From me ne’er depart.”
― Ronnie Worsham, Fighting and Winning Over Depression: My Practical Thoughts and Spiritual Journey

“There are all kinds and degrees of depression as well as types of moods associated with it.   It is not selected on a daily basis as we would select our clothes, instead we usually just get whatever falls from the emotional “weather” we are experiencing at that time.  Everyone experiences various moods to some degree and can understand the underlying complexity of all emotions.  So it is important not to over-simplify any emotion and specifically depression.”
― Ronnie Worsham, Fighting and Winning Over Depression: My Practical Thoughts and Spiritual Journey

“if I am depressed, whatever I think about is darkened by the present mood.  Depression is a dark lens through which I see the world at that moment.”
― Ronnie Worsham, Fighting and Winning Over Depression: My Practical Thoughts and Spiritual Journey

“I can still get in touch with some of these feelings I felt very early on.  In remembering them, I can feel again what I felt. ”
― Ronnie Worsham, Fighting and Winning Over Depression: My Practical Thoughts and Spiritual Journey

“I have cried in night for rescue, Wept in light of day for relief, I have prayed that God would just take me, Among the cursed, I’ve felt myself chief!   I have hopelessly wandered in darkness, Listlessly mourned in dark grief, I have covered my head with a pillow, Had my joy stolen ‘way by the Thief.   But, I’ve found the light at the end of the tunnel, A lamp of hope on a cold, dark night, Had my tears wiped away by His kind hand, Found the strength to again stand aright.”
― Ronnie Worsham, Fighting and Winning Over Depression: My Practical Thoughts and Spiritual Journey