With Depression, Nothing Is Permanent [PsychCentral.com]
Robert J. Wicks, psychologist and bestselling author ofRiding the Dragon, recently told me a story about impermanence. A psychiatrist (Epstein) went to Thailand with some colleagues to meet a well-known Buddhist sage. As they were about to leave they asked if he had a final message for them. He was drinking a glass of water at the time so he held it up and said, “You see this glass. I love this glass. It holds water so I can drink from it.” He then held it up to the light and said, “When the...