"If you are healthy, having a place to live and eat, have a family and someone to love there’s no excuse to be depressed. Even without all that just the dreams and work can keep you out of depression. Only other reasons to be depressed are the lack of basic intelligence and greed."
No you dont need a family to love or anything to love to be free of depression. You can just dream of a world without suffering amongst others if you are short of goals and look for ways to help. You can just get one of the billions of kids out of hunger with small donation or if you are more concerned about yourself you can just work towards getting a job or a better job to alleviate depression. Life is precious and one can do so much to make the world a better place for others and attain ultimate happiness, or nirvana in Buddhism, rather than ending ones life.
