“The word 'depressed' is spoken phonetically as 'deep rest.' We can view depression not as a mental illness, but on a deeper level, as a profound (and very misunderstood) state of deep rest, entered into when we are completely exhausted by the weight of our own identity. It is an unconscious loss of interest in our story. It is so very close to awakening "“ but unfortunately rarely understood as such. Or as one friend put it, 'depression has awakening built-in...'”

— Jeff Foster