very true. share the joy around. no point being glum ^^

this is me to a T, i will gladly help any one in need.

This is perfect, thank you for making it.
I hope soon someone shares a jar with you *hugs*

dangnabbit kemono... Why you gotta make these feels?! I know exactly how that feels, and you capture it SO well...

I feel the same it depresses me but makes me happy, it confuses me, my mind doesn't understand. Its like telling a robot you have feelings for them, thr robot doesn't understand.

This is soooo cute, and soooo heartwarming.

Deep and poignant comic.. thank you for sharing it

*shares some of my colorful jelly with you*

*hugs* Thanks, angel

Happiness. The thing that was robbed from me 8 years ago that I've sworn to get back. Some days I feel like no one is helping me. Even though I know they are. Could it be that it isn't enough...? Or is my happiness in something else that I do not know...? Especially considering I never know what or how people can help me when I am offered some.
This begs the question from me as well... is my jar empty, or is its contents invisible, hidden, somewhere else... what? Because my current state of mind is so complicated, it frustrates me...
Yeah, yeah, I know no one here cares... Just thought I'd give what few cents I have left on the matter..

Don't stop fighting. It isn't over. Don't forget that we are all holding the same rope, those of us who struggle, and when you feel yourself going under, we are with each other in spirit to keep our heads above the water, together.

As someone who identifies with the brown character, I can say that this speaks to me and my experiences with someone dear to me.

I am surounded by black void. I met people who had an accident or a disseace that make the body fragile. It's hard to accept but some people are here to share the time and friendship to make it less painfull. But with time... their void starts to consume me and being alive fells like a slow burning hell. I'm still fighting.

This is why I love your illustrations, because they capture so much emotion with just a few simple panels. :( This is all so true, especially with how someone has to sacrifice a bit of happiness to help someone else.

I know a lot is on your mind, but there are people who care about you, and there will always be those who are willing to share their happiness. :)

i really feel to much identified with this

Ahh, all too true. It's so difficult to explain to someone what the absence of something is like. How can you explain emotions that you just DON"T FEEl anymore, but they do, and they can't even picture you not having them. It sucks so much.

This... This is what true friendship is all about.

All it takes is one friend to make a big difference. Between the grey and brown chibis, ive been on both sides in life

A friendship in bloom. <3

This is the kind of support that's kept my head above water the last couple of days.

I find this oddly relatable... I've been in both roles shown here :<

It comes and goes, and there's not a ton you can do about it when it'd around besides set reasonable goals for what you think you can manage each day... Even if it's just going for a walk or taking a long shower.

I know it's been a while, but you know if you need someone to talk to I'm here.

The feels ;_;

Depression is the worst and best thing for some.

It hurts, it makes you loopy and it turns some people away, but it does teach you things.

If you need some fur to talk to, just throw me a line, always here for friends

oh my gosh im gonna cry T^T

this is great man I absolutely love it.

It's so beautiful...

depression is the worst thing for me, for everyone else who has to deal with this

everything is so empty and sad, there is no hope, everyone else around you is so happy but nobody helps you, its worse when someone publicly says they will be there to help you to listen you and so, but at the end when you need you they never answer you realize you are for real, alone,and its terrible.

your drawings are so lovely, thankyou for sharing it, and hopefully it may inspire someone to help someone else ♥

just went through the reverse of this...

Hits very close to home *nods* glad the comic has a happy ending

This really hit close to home. I've had depression on and off for years. Sometimes my jar is almost full, sometimes it is completely empty. Having friends around to help you when everything looks impossible and you feel like you aren't worth anything is wonderful. It doesn't take a lot to turn things around, to spot some sort of hope in the darkness.

I'm happy to have such support, and I wish everyone with depression has someone who shares their happiness with them.

Wish that last section would happen more

To an optimist, the glass if half full.

To a pessimist, the glass is half empty.

To a feminist, the glass is being raped.

wut

my thoughts exactly.

Daww! I love this adorableness in the last panel.

This is awesome! :D

*squeezes so tight*

Wow. I actually welled up a bit when I saw this. Staying as my featured fav for the time being. So right on the head. Been feeling waves of it and this caused a tearful smile of hope. God Bless ya.

I could use some joyful jelly about now.

Damn you for making me almost cry at work!!!
So cute and so sad and uuuuugh my feels

Those comics are so meaningful in a cute way

Fffff, all the adorable, all the sadness, all the feels!
As usual, I just want to cuddle your artwork so much... ;_;
*Cuddle!*

So true. I do feel depressed and frustrated at times.
This picture is cute,yet sad.Awesome work!

I think that this may be one of the closest hitting home things you have done in ages

I feel like I'm the one with the empty jar a lot.

Oy...the feels....

Don't mind me... Just gonna go cry in a corner for a while... *sobs from feels*

So adorable and I love this message. Thank you.

I got a jar of rainbow dirt!
...I got a jar of rainbow dirt!...
...I got a jar of rainbow dirt!...
...and guess what's inside it!

enough! Open fire!

I try to stay on the sharing side as often as I can, even when mine is almost empty as it is. some how I even find MORE then I have to give to them from time to time and it fills mine a little more too. but I have also been on the empty side many times and owe my friends so much for sharing theirs with me. I am going to share THIS happiness with everyone.

Hey there, need a hug?

My jar gets filled when I know I can help other people fill theirs.

dawww....

I love this piece so much. The sentiment is one we need to remember! Are you filling someone's bucket, or your own?

Thank you so much for making this piece. It touches me deeply because I felt exactly like this (looking on at others feeling happiness with it taking everything just to hide my own sadness) years ago. I felt like all my friends overlooked me or didn't care as if I was a 5th wheel and overall I just couldn't get myself to feel good about myself no matter what I did. You could say my jar was cracked and just would not hold anything. It was destroying me inside. I'm not afraid to say that I'm scared to ever find out where I'd be now if it wasn't for two people I met then. Two individuals that pulled me out of the dark hole I was unknowingly digging for myself and have become not only practical sisters in everything but blood, but also my greatest friends and amazing role models. They not only patched my jar and shared some of their jelly with me, but showed me how to make my own again. They've had such an impact on my life that... when I saw this picture, instantly my mind shot back to those years ago... and I cried. I openly cried a little. In thanks to them. In fear of what I could have been. ... Just, thank you for making this picture because it has reminded me well of just how much I owe those two and how appreciative I am of them.

Such a sad, yet sweet message it shares. *holds up my cracked jar* My supply is empty lately, since both my brothers have more important things to focus on. Can't remember the last time my jar was full. But my brothers are happy, even if it's without me, so I'll endure it somehow.

to walk this world and to not see a grey cloud over your head is indeed, something to help give a smile to a heart that seems often tugged upon by sadness and all that is around you which seems not to hear your tears as they softly flow down a cheek and then stain the ground.

Someone would approach you.. and see you there, with a jar cracked and a grey cloud over your head and a sad, heavy heart, but most of all.. they would look at the tears on your cheeks and see a face that has not smiled in a time that is much longer then it should have ever been. No one should ever not have at least one smile hidden away inside themselves that they can turn to and use it to push back sadness and a lonely heart.

I smile and kneel down beside you and gently pull you into my arms and wrap the ghostly white wings of my heart around you... and quietly ask you not to cry so much. This world is far too full of bitterness and hate, cruelty and suffering that a heart that can do so, must find another who hurts for no reason that is good.. and then give them a reason to feel better.

I am that reason.. and I want to take away some of your tears because to hear a heart cry hurts my own heart as well. Please look up and see the stars in the night sky and remember that for every star in the darkness that shines so brightly, so too can a heart that is given hope; even against seemingly impossible odds. Take a piece of my hope and the kindness in my heart and let no more tears fall.

For what it's worth little one. please know that someone cares, and would smile more and share that smile with you if your tears will stop, even for just a moment or so... that is all I ask

Thank you. Reading this made me cry, but it's okay. Happy tears are good tears.
I can't remember the last time I felt so warm and happy inside that I cried happy tears, and I can't express how grateful I am for that.
These small, mortal words don't feel strong enough to tell you how much better you just made me feel, but they're all I have, so thank you.
Even though I'll return to the isolation, due to the lack of a physical social life, I do feel better, and it feels like it won't hurt as much when the loneliness sets in again.
"Thank you" is a common phrase, used so often that it does not feel as strong as I wish it could be right now, to tell you how happy you made me.
I truly thank you for warming my heart and being the star that reminds me to look up, beyond the clouds.
Thank you for shining through the clouds and giving me the hope that I needed to get back on my feet.
Next time I stumble and fall, I'll remember your words, and I'll look up.
Even if I can't see them, the stars are always there to guide the way.
Thank you for being a star for me, so bright to rival the sun itself.
Thank you for sharing your happiness and helping me patch up the biggest cracks in my jar.
Thank you for being a wonderful person.
I hope you have a wonderful day and an even more amazing life.
Truly, you deserve it.
Thank you.

look at the submission i dropped in.

awww this is adorable!

God dammit dude I miss you.

And some of us have simply come to terms with our empty jars. We don't even bother to look into them anymore.

Knows the feeling, so to say.

Which now makes the depressed feel worse as they have unfairly taken something from another something that they feel they do not deserve, depriving bliss from another.

Dang it! You always make me feel all the feels!

That is super adorable. All the feels. I have been both the grey and the dark brown character before in my life.

Thank you for making such an awesome piece of artwork.

That jelly looks incredibly delicious. I'd probably just eat the entire thing and wonder where it went.

Jokes aside, you do a great job of portraying important things wordlessly, it's always nice to see these.

I try to share a little joy in my life with those around me. nobody's jar need be empty. there's enough to go around :) and in the right circumstances, it can even grow ^^

Yeah absolutely true...this speaks heaps on things. I to deal with extreme depression which thankfully I'm evening out again. It sometimes only takes 1 or 2 people to care to show it to help. Some people well some people have cracked jars sadly and need more then TLC.

Don't stop doing these they themselves make smiles.

"Shared pain is lessened. Shared joy is increased."

-Spider Robinson.

its truly heart-warming...stuff like this is what makes me fall in love watching you bro.
Nicely done :) its cute and touching

The story of my life is nobody ever came along. eventually you cry it out, learn to accept that even an empty jar is kinda shiny and stuff, could be worse, you might be someone in africa who doesn't even have a jar. Then you seek out people who have jelly in their jars. None of them will seek you out, why should they? Your jar is empty. All of them will abandon you at some point. Of course they will, nobody likes a guy with a nearly-empty jar who never shares. but on average, you'll usually have a little in the jar and somebody to talk to. Just don't expect someone to magically take pity on the quiet, moody one sitting in the corner, that only works in movies and anime.

I am sorry you feel so depressed. You will always have a place to unwind and relax anytime. And we can always share our stories and experiences.

Aww :3

"So shines a good deed, in a weary world." - Gene Wilder, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

For some odd reason (I guess it's my nature) I end up being like the brown one, but instead of stopping at half I empty mine for others.
I'd rather suffer than see someone else suffering.

this just hit home with me, been trying to explain how i feel to people but never can but this right here, this right here really paints a picture

:( I know those feelings way too well... :(

dawww :3

*hugs*

I saw you posted this on FB, so decided to swing by here and say: Thank you.

Adorable, thank you

I'm reminded of the old saying... "A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle."

"anyone who is anyone has been on both ends of it. I have, and i know how it feels. but to have your happiness jar filled somewhat by people, even one person, who sees it as an injustice, and shares their happiness with ou is someone who can be one of your best friends. My best friend has a constant battle with depression. but by talking with him I can warm him up a bit, even for one night. his joy is there, but true friends will root out the darkness and bring back the light." ~Arcy, the Light Bringer

aw <3 I really love your art. it brightens my day

Feels like my jar is cracked, surrounded by a cage, and I've lost the key to the lock.


This makes me happy and sad at the same time, because I see others happy. I want to be happy but I'm afraid of someone taking that away, so I stay sad. I want to talk with others about this but I feel no one will listen or brush me off, like no one cares.

aaaawww

awww. cry what a pretty nice story. i need to learn how to share my rainbow jaw with others too.

haha this made me cry
nice work <3

Looks like I waited until just the right time to look at this page.

This brought a tear to my eye.

This is beautiful and speaks so strongly to me... Thank you, so very much, for posting it.

What I tend to feel. Even when I shouldn't feel alone.

Jealously infected me; I grew envious of the happiness other got to have and realized I was alone and no one cared. So I foolishly locked my jar away, I told myself I am happier this way. Some days it's a truth, some days it's a lie and there are days where I can't tell which.

I have a problem. every time I see an empty jar, I just impulsively try to fill it. It leaves mine mostly empty, but, in the end, It may never run out, because I try to be positive to the point of almost being creepy.

wow...this ismy Story....exept for the end.....this end still dont come to me.... :(

Such a tender and heartfelt piece... Beautifully executed, too.
I can definitely relate when it comes to depression and the effects it has on one's mind, heart, and demeanor. It's a difficult thing to deal with alone, but when the right friends come along and share even a little of their happiness, it makes a world of difference. I thank you for drawing and posting such a tale, Truth be told, when I first saw this piece, I actually imagined the poor lil' thing was colored the way he was because of the lack of happiness, and I was expecting them to get a little more of a vibrant fur color when they had some happiness in their jar, but I still like how it turned out even without that aspect to it.

Stumbled upon this and it's a very powerful piece to me.
Being a sufferer on ongoing depression and anxiety (even tot he point of suicidal thoughts), this image really talked to me. Not just from one side of it, but both angles. I'm often the one with the empty jar, who suffers and feels left out from others. But at the same time, sometime I'm the one whose attempting to share my happiness, but by emptying my jar into that of a friend, resulting in the cycle repeating.
This image and it's meaning and words to it, means a lot. So thank you for putting depression into a way that can be described without words.

this hit me right into feels,love thid!

this reminded me when i was younger and i sat alone in the cafeteria at school then one day a group of girls sat with me and from then on i never sat alone again.i love your art

You struck strong and deep in my soul....

I know this is not meant to make me feel this way, but it just makes me feel awful.
Since the coming to terms thing sorta is how I feel about people loving me, that it won't just happen, ever.
And i'm one that really needs the love of someone else to even be happy for longer then a random game online.

It's worse when you're told you clinically have it as well, I just have a minor form but when you're actually diagnosed it's worse then just having the thought of being depressed. Like thinking you're ill, but when you actually know you're ill you just give up

*bursts into tears and hugs you tightly* QnQ It's okay.

Cheer up! Look, a cute bubble critter with a tiny bowtie!
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21860411/

Please don't be sad. I can't take it. It hurts too much. *snuggles intensify*

Well this is heart felt I rarely smile and it's even rarer its sincere but this caused both to happen. I know the few people I talk to may not see me the way I feel. But in truth most of the time I'm either depressed, annoyed, or angry. Being ADHD doesn't help but sometimes I find things that can make me laugh and I cherish them. Thank you for this pic

I feel this, but in a different manner.

I've been in the situation of the grey one, but from always emptying my jar for others, and being left with nothing. Over-extending my happiness and care to the point of having nothing left.

This made me cry!

But it's done so well and speaks so true!

People would be surprised how alone some of their colleagues actually are...

Sooo Sweet and sooo sad

I know how this feels.

Now that what the fur is gone...that jar of happiness of mine is just empty, not even a single droplet. All i have left is Nerfie, and my PC to chat online with many other friends whenever i feel lonely. That's it.

Certain things in our lives are our main source of happiness.

For me, it was what the fur and everyone at the con, even you are k. the lot, Ookami. I really miss you guys, and when the con was completely over, then time to leave the hotel, i found myself alone, and i couldnt stop crying.

This proves how much most of the con meant alot to me, it was even a family and a 2nd home. I became good frienda with you and catmonkshiro.

Love all of you guys.

-Sinbad316 & Nerfie

DAWWW i just wanna hug the littlr one now

This is really sad and sweet. *gives little fella some more happiness*

You haz so much good wisdom. *sits big-eared and floppy tailed, listening*

Okay, fully teared up at that. I mean.. these are manly tears about.. .sportsball.. n shit..

This is just beautiful.

Makes me think of my own little plight right now...

Enough people shared their jelly with me, that I obtained a jar that is almost full....

In order to try and pay back the kindness, I then share my new jelly with others...

But..

There are *lots* of people with empty jars out there... and I have a finite amount of jelly to share...
I share all I can, keeping enough to keep me from being too sad, but seeing all that pain, and taking the time to share my time and care with so many, has definitely re-emptied my jar, especially knowing I will simply never have enough to share with everyone who needs it.


Of course, the analog is... I have led a pretty rough life. Enough people have been kind to me over the years, though, that I know both happy moments, and sad moments... and with these disparate elements combined, I have gained a measure of insight and wisdom that allows me to guide people who are in a similar state of despair, to know where to look for happiness, and how to work towards it, sharing my sympathies and attention with them to help them along until they can get on their feet.

But, there are many out there with suffering, and I only have so much energy and time to be able to focus on so very few...
Not only that, but some people whom I have stopped self-harming, or other issues, have fallen in love with me... even though I already have a family, and am unable to provide them with all the time and effort one should give to a loved one...


And so, I do what I can... with what I have, and await the results.

***************

I have a specific avatar... a fluffy, cute guardian dragon called flammie... It's known for being a sort of guardian in the world that it lives (Check out secret of mana, the game where the creature comes from)

Now... it represents my desires... I want to be cute, kind, and powerful, like it is...
Cuteness, not only so people treat me better, but also so I can bring happiness to others with my mere presence.
Kindness I have, but it's still a key component.
And power...
In particular, the power and vitality to help a lot more people than I am able to in my sickly, average, human form.
Alas, I know that, even if I was this guardian beast, I still couldn't help everyone... But... the ability to help so many... It might help salve my guilt a bit.

I suppose that means there is a fourth quality it has that I would want... in many ways it seems innocent and happy... Basically having it's own endless jar of jelly, despite it's limitations.


But yeah...
Your comic resonated well enough with me to basically write down my own general experiences that are related to it.

I truly hope, that in the future, you receive all the happiness you desire.
Your art seems so sweet and innocent and inspired... I believe you deserve happiness, simply for the happiness and inspiration you provide others with your artwork.


Take care, Miss. Best luck in the future. u. u

Words can't describe how I feel about this, just know I appreciate this piece quiet alot.

I think we all know how this feels, to be the grey fur with the empty jar. A very beautiful picture with a statement that needs to be spread.

GAAAAAAAAAH DX

That 3rd panel when he's shaking the jar upside down to see if there's anything left Broke my damn heart DX

This brought tears to my eyes...

I know these feelings all too well, and I push myself to help those like this poor lil grey fellow anytime I can.
I hate "Faving" this, as that implies (in my mind) I like it for selfish reasons. I know logically its promoting the image and its message, but sometimes I wish there was a "Promote/Share" button instead.
*Hugs the lil grey fellow and shares even more rainbow joyful jelly with him*

Its so great an fitting. Love it since I know how it feels.

Even after 5 years it still hits you feels

thats me but without the last 3 panels