# Depression [[Vincent Van Gogh]] struggled with depression. But despite the lows, as he wrote in a letter to his brother Theo, he retained still “some hope that it can improve”:[["Sometimes in winter it's so bitterly cold ... and one fine morning the wind has turned and we have a thaw."|º]] > [!QUOTE] > “Sometimes in winter it’s so bitterly cold that one says, it’s simply too cold, what do I care whether summer comes, the bad outweighs the good. But whether we like it or not, an end finally comes to the hard frost, and one fine morning the wind has turned and we have a thaw. Comparing the natural state of the weather with our state of mind and our circumstances, subject to variables and change, I still have some hope that it can improve.” As ever, the perenially relevant poem: [[The Guest House by Rumi]] %% # Reference ```dataview LIST FROM [[]] OR #depression AND !outgoing([[]]) AND -"Templates" WHERE file.name != this.file.name SORT file.name ASC ``` # Archive - %%