There is an epidemic of depression in the world today. As a society we trivialize spirituality and love and emphasis on competition and personal gain. Instead of lifting each other up and working as a community we tear each other down competing against one another in order to get what we want. Today success is measured by monetary and material wealth rather than by love, peace and spiritual wellbeing. Ultimately by disregarding the spirit our lives have no meaning. The soul craves meaning just as the body craves oxygen. Without a spiritual outer shell we only know the mechanics of life without truly understanding it. And without truly understanding life we misuse it and in turn we cause suffering to ourselves and to others.

If we turn back to God and religion we realize that spirituality is at its core. In every religion there’s a return to the soul and to a greater meaning than temporary monetary gain. There’s love, care and compassion towards ourselves and towards others. There’s the offering of a helping hand and the giving to the poor and there’s treating thy neighbor or friend as you would treat yourself. Unless mankind can learn to go back to faith and spirituality sadness and depression shall continue to prevail.

If we study the lives of some famous philanthropists such as Mother Theresa or Ghandi we find one core similar component in all of them and that’s a love for giving. By giving, helping and nurturing others, such philanthropists thrive. When you offer a helping hand to those in crisis your own struggles start to look trivial and you get a true sense of accomplishment.

In a world with a high rate of depression we must start to look back inwards into our spirits and strive to once again live a life of love and compassion, a life where we lift those around us up with us as we seek to succeed rather than compete against them. For we as humans are meant to live as a clan, a community, in pairs and in groups and not in competition, only then can we find the true meaning of joy and fulfilment and much depression shall subside.