Isaiah 58:10 If you offer your food to the hungry, and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness,

... and your gloom be like the noonday.

The way out of gloom seems almost impossible to find, at times. A common thread in all the great religious and spiritual traditions in the world is the truth that serving others and helping those in need is the way into light and life. It is the way out of gloom into rejoicing.