DU,

Let me tell you something about pain. Pain is a child in cancer ward refusing to give in to a deadly disease. Pain is a mother doing whatever it takes to keep her kids off the streets. Pain is the people in Haiti who are sifting through their homes and bodies.

Rather than you concentrating on your pain and how bad your situation is, start thinking about the blessings you have.

You have good friends. You have your health. And whether you want to believe it or not, you have God.

We have all understood the pain you feel. ALL of us. The pain of rejection, the fear of the unknown.

How did we all get through it? One day at a time. One moment at a time.

YOU can do it too. Get up. Stand up straight and take a deep breath. You will not be a victim of sadness any longer.

Get help if you need to. There's no shame in that.

Don't let the feelings overwhelm you. I know what it's like and I literally had to crawl out from where I was to get to a better place. YOU can do it too.

DO NOT give up on YOU.


M-43 W-40
2D - 9 and 5

Emotion, yet peace.
Ignorance, yet knowledge.
Passion, yet serenity.
Chaos, yet harmony.
Death, yet a new life.

RECONCILED AND WISER