Rudey, you talk alot of sense, well it makes alot of sense to me and my state of mind.

Chip, i think your attitude towards life is great but your comment that we are all in control of our own state of minds is not true in alot of peoples cases. Mental illness is not always to do with state of mind, it has alot to do with brain chemistry. Sometimes chemical imbalances occur and they are out of our control i'm afraid. So with the best state of mind in the world you can become depressed and be unable to get out of it until IT passes

I think in some cases people do have a negative outlook on life which causes depression, but some people don't have a choice