I surely have no business taking on this topic, other than I've seen a lot of tragedy on my friends Facebook pages over the last few months. There is no truer saying than "suicide is a permanent solution to temporary problems".

There is no picture to express what you're feeling, so I just want you to know that Wolfie & Frank love you.
There is no picture to express what you're feeling, so I just want you to know that Wolfie & Frank love you.
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Although it may not seem like it to you now, it's simple. If you are desperate enough to hurt yourself, then you should be desperate enough to at least try to get help. Things are not hopeless, chances are near 100% that you may be suffering from depression and it CAN be treated. You could spend the rest of your life happy, helping others and being there for your family.

I don't believe in "life after death". So let me say you're not going to "show them" by hurting yourself. You are not going to end your pain and suffering, you're just going to pass that pain and suffering on to everyone who every knew you.  Since you're dead though, you won't even get the satisfaction of knowing the hurt you've passed forward. You will serve only to pass along a very bad lesson of a life wasted.

I want to encourage you to not only get help, but make changes. If you feel useless, donate your time or blood. If you feel unwanted, spend time at an old folks home or mental health center-you'll find out you're not only wanted, but needed. If you absolutely, positively feel like you can't take it one more day, reach out to someone. If you can't get in touch with anyone, I want you to just think, just for that moment, "you aren't going to beat me" and tough it out one more day until you can talk to someone.

Remember the decisions you make will echo through the lives of more people than you know. I don't want to see any more of my friends hurt.

 

 

I've always found this spoken word (almost comedy) piece inspirational. Please listen all the way through to really grasp the theme.

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