Sorry to hear that you feel that way man, we all have ups and down. Find something to anchor yourself to what’s happening now, something that gives you purpose. God, Family, exercise, work, whatever it takes. Once you’ve got your anchor, take a deep breath, stand up straight, & start pushing forward again.

The only thing that’s standing in your way is your own inhibitions. I don’t know you from Adam, but, I know you can do it.

The picture comes from this book from 1891:

http://books.google.com/books?id=LnECAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=psalm+of+life&hl=en&ei=uavtTJTED4_Wnge1zvC_Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

It seems like back in the day they used to publish little books that consisted of a poem and a bunch of illustrations to go with it. Quite a nice concept I think.

I highly recommend the poem Ulysses, by Alfred Lord Tennyson (about the original Ulysses, not him of S. Grant fame). It’s more literary (read: more archaic and perhaps a bit more syntactically challenging), but well worth it. It’s also more poignant, since it’s about a man nearing the end of his life. It is beautiful though, and in the words of the final stanza, a constant reminder to be “strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”