in the battle of fear and shame, i believe the friendic sibling, son or daughter is the strongest ally for the depressed and hope is the best weapon. whenever we reach out to our family man during their moments of despair, we send forth ripples of hope. in time, ripples of hope will cross other ripples of hope and build into a tidal wave of love. a tidal wave of love can sweep down the mightest walls of depression. that is our hope. we must never give up and we must never give in to the dark hands of depression. my father's last message to me was negative thoughts lead to negative consequences. he then left me with his favorite biblical verse from my own battle from life. i close by sharing it with you. but they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength. they shall mount up with wings as eagles. they shall round run and not be weary and they shall walk and not faint. isaiah 30e sln 41. thank you. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> for those of you who do not know mental health america, we are america's oldest community based network of community based organizations focused o