The Wisdom of Joan Didion

I am currently sitting in Starbucks trying to find this mystery quote by Joan Didion on depression.  I have this procrastination-oriented belief that if I find this quote, I will magically be able to articulate in my book what it was like to be depressed for three years, and what it was like pulling myself out of it.  The quote has continued to elude me, along with the words I need to explain what I went through.

However. I came across this really amazing quote I've never heard before that was, of course, written by the illustrious Joan Didion.  I couldn't hold its glory all to myself so I thought I'd post it up here.  Didion is da shit.

"I'm not telling you to make the world better, because I don't think that progress is necessarily part of the package. I'm just telling you to live in it. Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not just to pass through it, but to live in it. To look at it. To try to get the picture. To live recklessly. To take chances. To make your own work and take pride in it. To seize the moment. And if you ask me why you should bother to do that, I could tell you that the grave's a fine and private place, but none I think do there embrace. Nor do they sing there, or write, or argue, or see the tidal bore on the Amazon, or touch their children. And that's what there is to do and get it while you can and good luck at it." 
— Joan Didion

Mind blowing right? I feel like I read Didion and just think to myself, "PREACH!" I want to be someone like that someday.  Someone incredibly articulate who writes brilliant things that inspire, make people laugh, or think, or not feel alone.  Anyway, thought I'd share it.

The end. :)