INTRODUCTION In the book Forrest Gump, the protagonist’s mother tells her son, “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” Whether reel or real people, life has ups and downs for everybody. Some moments are sweet, some bitter, and some turn out to be the kind of bitter-sweet that bring a smile upon one’s face on recollection. A person can neither comprehend nor control the order in which they will experience these events but rather hope that the hard times are short and great happiness awaits them at the end of each staccato burst of sorrow. It is often the dearth of willpower to look beyond the momentary pain and towards the hopeful bliss of the future that leads to the metamorphosis of sadness into depression.