Unagidon contemplates its recurring presence in his life:
My old friend Brother [Depression] forces me to live in the present. Not in some Zen way of “be here now”, but in a more primitive way of always arm wrestling with the devil. And behind all of this my faith has changed. Being a modern man, I want to believe that attitudes precede action. In our culture, this applies to faith, creativity, and to happiness; all will be well if we can just get our mind right (first). Having done this our actions will then flow out naturally in righteous spontaneity. But Brother D causes me to focus on the now. There is no time to get my mind right first. And although he is an exhausting friend to have, like a big dog that never sleeps and always wants to play, I find that at least a little, and a little more each day, I am finding myself blessed to have him around.
The Dish 