ENCOURAGEMENT TO STAND IN THE RAIN

I can't shake the blues today. I gotta face it, I am depressed. I feel a heavy weight around my neck. Am I drowning?

I am paddling fast, furious even. I am sinking. The waves are knocking me under. I can't get up. I'm so alone.

Stand up.

"Stand in the rain.
Stand your ground.
Stand up when it's all crashing down.
Stand through the pain, you won't drown."
(I won't drown.)
"And one day, what's lost can be found.
You stand in the rain."

Can I do this? I am afraid.

Stand up. Stand my ground.