There Is Always...

Part two of my body art for Suicide Prevention/Awareness week. Hope.

I'm gonna try to do one every day.



Happy Suicide Prevention Week...

What? Didn't know that was a thing? It's okay. Most people don't. That's why I'm sharing it...

It's world-wide Suicide Prevention Week this week. Now, I'm not gonna tell you "go out and be nice to somebody." You should do that every day. The purpose of this week is to raise awareness, and promote love and understanding (rather than judgment). If you know someone who's depressed or has anxiety about anything, talk to them. Give them a little extra time of day. Don't say you can't make a difference...

...Two minutes could save someone's whole life...

If you'd like to show your support (though no way is better than acting it out), here's some little things you can do:

1.) Write "Love" on you arms, draw a butterfly somewhere on your body, or draw anything that you feel represents love and forgiveness, somewhere on you that people can see. You may use any color, but if you wish to be a bit symbolic, yellow is the color for suicide awareness, and orange is the color for self-harm awareness.

2.) Wear a little (or a lot ) of orange or yellow sometime this week (or all week). The really cool thing about this: if you wear enough, someone will probably ask you "Why?" . And you get to spread the idea around.

3.) Do something symbolic. If you're a writer, you may do a poem for the occasion. If you're an artist, you can draw something. If you're good with words, take a blank T-Shirt and write something inspiring on it. or do ANYTHING that you feel would emulate the purpose of this week. Also, strength in NUMBERS! If you could get friends, or even strangers, involved, that would be SO epic...

4.) By all means people, if you're gonna look the part, FREAKING ACT IT!!! Don't wear supportive colors than go make fun of somebody... That's hypocrisy in one truly disgusting form. Please, always reach out, even if you're afraid. Trust me, it can do real good. And chances are, the harder it is to reach out to somebody, the more they need it. So reach!

Just a few ideas. I commend you if you're creative enough to come up with your own. And, if you don't want to post pictures, I understand. But if you do, I'd love to see what you did. The more people see, the more people will hear and learn.

Open eyes, you might save a life.

God Bless, everybody. Take Care.



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