how do you reinvigorate your energies when life seem low?

Its a hard thing to do.... everyone tells you to count your blessings and that there are so many people worse off than you are. It is, mostly, true but knowing someone else is suffering more doesnt necessarily make you feel better. It just makes you feel guilty for feeling low yourself! I find that physical activity helps as it gives you a different focus. If you have someone to talk to (even if its not about the problem itself) you dont feel so alone. Or just writing it all down (I keep a diary/journal) can release some of the tension. When i went away to college, my mum suggested that, if I was feeling low, I wrote it all down in a letter.... maybe post it, maybe just rip it up - either way, its 'out'. Sometimes I'll try to list the things that are bothering me and then work on finding one small step which would either help to ease it or make it easier to handle. Relaxation tecniques help some people. I really hope things work out for you and you find the right way through. take care