Bounce Back! No Matter What.
Live Life to the Hilt!!!
Two decades back, I experienced one of my most serious depressive episodes that ended up nearly taking my life. But, through a series of events, both of mis- and fortune, I survived. Usually, it’s recommended to take about two years off from any stressful work before returning to full society, but I was not seeking any sort of professional help back then and remained undiagnosed.
Well, the cost of getting professional help was not within the reach of a rookie writer like me. I did not have the budget for hospital or clinical care. It was a long and devastating uphill battle to get back to normal life. I still have the after effects…
And then, came a whiff of fresh air giving me a new lease of life. Thanks to that “lovely one” for being there.
I dedicate *(to myself)* a short poem, “Invictus” by “William Ernest Henley”, in memory of those days.
“Out of the night that covers me…
…Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods maybe…
… For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance…
…I have not winced nor cried aloud,
Under the bludgeoning of chance…
My head is bloody but unbowed.
“Beyond this place of wrath and tears…
…Looms but the horror of shade.
And yet the menace of years…
…Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate…
…How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate…
…I am the captain of my soul.”
—- The Lonely Recluse