depression

It's almost physical, like when a fever has peaked and your flu or whatever has run it's course. A depression, a downer mood, is gone, just like that. That's good, but why can't we embrace negative or sad feelings the same way we enjoy the good times? How can one exist without the other anyway?
I think the denial and the pushing away of a downward slope on our path of life just gives it more strength. Maybe accepting it, owning it like we do for more pleasant happenings, is more honest, more real. The trick is having your eyes open, and recognizing where you are earlier in the process. Instead of indulging the 'poor me', and slipping further along, take ownership. Ok, I'm bummed out.
Maybe the blips of your personal roller coaster ride will even out over time, and something like peace can become a stonger force.
The here and now, good or bad, is the only thing we really have. Put your arms around it, and embrace it all...