Understanding that you are not responsible for offering a cure for someone's depression is the first key to being of any value to a depressed person. Most often the things you can do to help such a person are remarkably simple and easy and can make a marked difference to how he or she copes.
"Animals are such agreeable friends − they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms."
When considering smoking as a health risk, the natural pattern of thought is that the major danger it poses is to the lungs. While that is essentially true, smoking also poses a danger to another important organ: the brain. Research shows that the cognitive processes in the brain are affected by this habit.
When was the last time you thought about success and what being successful means in your life? Does your definition of success match up with what you're focusing your time and energy on?