Article April 5, 1999 Issue

HOW A MOMENT OF LIGHT RESCUED ME FROM DEPRESSION

Carol Rockhold Miller

Driving home from the memorial service for a friend who had committed suicide, I was feeling a range of emotions—shock, sadness, and confusion about whether I could have said or done anything to help.

I, too, had been feeling desperate with no way out. The thought that leaving this life was an option had crossed my mind, but I knew that it probably wouldn't solve anything for me or for those I cared for. Nevertheless, emptiness and unhappiness hung over me. Another friend had also recently taken her own life, and many people I knew were facing depression and meaninglessness.

As I turned the corner, the beauty of the sun glinting off the autumn-colored trees took my breath away. I saw so clearly that whatever problems had overwhelmed my friend, they couldn't be worth missing something as glorious as this New England day. In that moment, I promised myself to keep my concerns in better perspective and not be deprived of delighting in the many ways God's goodness and love were manifested in everyday life.

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