Don't Give Up.

Don't Give Up

Don't give up.
You may be down.
You may be sad.
You may be angry.
You may be in so much pain you can't stand it anymore.
You may be so depressed you just want to jump off a bridge, take a bottle of sleeping pills, take a razor to your wrists.
But don't. That's the wrong way out.

Don't give up.
Life is hard, yes.
Life sucks ass at times, yes.
Life is also learning.
Without pain, there is no learning.
Without pain, there is no life.
Things may be bad right now.
Things may be so bad that they can't get any worse.
Until suddenly, they do.

Don't give up.
Things will get better.
Even if it feels like you're going to be this way forever, you won't be.
Where there is darkness, there is also light.
It is your choice as to which you turn to.
Remember the good parts of life.
Remember happier times.
Do whatever you like to do that makes you happy.
Whatever makes you feel good.
Whatever gives you a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

Don't give up.
The memories are painful, yes.
You might want to forget about the whole thing entirely.
But don't forget. If you forget, you might just make the same mistakes again.
Keep the memories. Push them away for now if you have to.
If you feel yourself being drawn in again, remember.
Remember how you felt.
Remember, and then ask yourself,"do I really want to go through that again?"

Don't give up.
No matter how alone you feel, you are not alone.
There are people who know you.
People who care for you.
People that are on the same journey of life as you are.
People who want to help you.
But you have to let them.
They will offer you their help, but you have to say "yes."
You are not alone.

Don't give up.

You know how sometimes, you just have to sit down and write something? Yeah, that's how I felt tonight. And you just read the result.