What I've Discovered Is That

I Had Had Some Months Of Depression. Not Serious Enough To Keep Me From Work. So, I Guess You'd Call That A Mild Depression.

This May Sound Funny, But As Much As The 'today' Show Matured Me, It Also Was Something Of A Cocoon. I'd Been Happy There. I Never Went Into The Boss's Office And Pounded My Fist On The Desk, Saying, 'give Me More Money! Give Me A Prime-time Show!'

My Tides Were Fluctuating, Too - Back And Forth, Back And Forth - Sometimes So Fast They Seemed To Be Spinning. They Call This 'rapid Cycling.' It's A Marvel That A Person Can Appear To Be Standing Still When The Mood Tides Are Sloshing Back And Forth, Sometimes Sweeping In Both Directions At Once. They Call That A 'mixed State.'

I've Come To Recognize What I Call My 'inside Interests.' Telling Stories. And Helping People Tell Their Stories Is A Sort Of Interpersonal Gardening. My Work At Nbc News Was To Report The News, But In Hindsight, I Often Tried To Look For Some Insight To Share That Might Spark A Moment Of Recognition In A Viewer.

Nobody Calls Me Silly. That Is Not A Word That Applies To Me.