The Man in the Mirror

" In fact, each of us has a certain amount of emotional drive, and this emotional energy is usually directed toward another person. When the depressed person feels cut off from others, he turns his emotional investment back into himself. He lives in despair isolation. Like a snail, he withdraws into his shell and lives by himself. He can be lonely in the midst of people, and he pulls back from those who try to help him. This despair can be so severe that he feels everyone is criticizing him. He fears that others are talking about him and putting him down. This fear is even injected into his spiritual life. "

- Esther L. (Hopeway.org) May 9 2001

Right now, I truly am lost.  Before I know it, I have been cutting off my connection to the outside world again.  Depressed.  I am so ashamed of what I have done.
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Lord, let me learn that You already have forgiven me. Let me know that the people I have done wrong already forgave me.  Please teach me on how to forgive myself.  Please let me accept myself that I am weak, that I need you to be my strength. Please let me understand that in the end, the last person who can help and love me is myself.  I surrender you all my worries, my shame, my self-pity. Please let the people who have I done wrong that I love them.