#channel/bodhi-light-teachings  We can endure depression. We can handle depression. And we don't realize that we also spreading depression amongst the people that we care most. Here's how depression spreads. When you have compassion or fondness for a depressed person, it's like opening the door for the depression to enter you. And therefore, the people who are close to depressed people tend to also be depressed about the same level of depression. The world suffers more because we suffer more. So, conversely speaking, in order to make the world happier, we have first need to become happier ourselves.