Hello, Sweeties!
Today, I am going to share a problem that one of my best friends is facing. It seems to be a fairly significant problem in our world today, but no one seems to have a solution to it.
My best friend believes that, in this world of 6 billion people and a star for every grain of sand on a beach just in view, he is of no consequence. This thinking has led to nothing but anxiety, depression, and suicidal tendencies for him. He told me this after he had told me he finished his will and there was nothing left to do now but die. We all get like this sometimes, but when he told me all of this; my heart stopped, my breathing became rapid, and my eyes filled up with tears. How could someone so young, with so much at his feet, have such a grim outlook on his place in the world. What he doesn't realize? Though he may be one in six billion, he is my
entire universe. I'm sure, especially with him, that he is others'
universes as well.
Many of you have probably been on at least one side of this discussion: begging someone to live or wanting so much to die. You might feel insignificant at times (or maybe all of the time), but what you absolutely have to realize is there is not one worthless person on this planet. You, my dears, have everything to live for. There are thousands of reasons to smile.
Don't let one little thing (and, as my grandmothers both said while dying of cancer, "it's all little") tear you down.
If you're having real thoughts of suicide, please talk to someone. I know a lot of people who don't feel comfortable calling hotlines or talking to councilors, but--as someone who really cares about you--please talk to someone!
Sorry for all the sad talk, but it needed to be said and so does this:
You are beautiful. You are strong. You are amazing just the way you are. You are a warrior and you will make it through this. If you are reading this and think that I can't possibly know that about you, I do. We are all all of these things and more.
On a different note: the homework assignment I gave all of you yesterday is open until the end of the month. At that time, I will put the top 10 on this page and link them to your Facebook, Twitter, or just give you credit!
Have a fantastic Monday and always remember your reasons to smile!
-Alaska
Our "solar" (being the key word) system only has one star I believe you mean our galaxy and it has many more stars than a couple hundred at well over a hundred billion and with a few hundred billion galaxies with another couple hundred billion stars this planet is truly less than dust in the wind. We are the dust of dust a million times over to our universe. Do not take what I say out of perspective, it is a fact we are so small, this week we found we watched two galaxies collide to make the biggest known spiral to date. That happened 138 million years ago. it took light, the fastest thing in existence 138 million years to travel the 212 million light years (or 1,246,268,500,000,000,000,000 miles) to show us now that what happened way before us (or 1,971,428 average human lifetimes) and that was practically in our galaxy's back yard considering the size of the known universe. Those are facts, the things we observe and know. Do not put down what your best friend believes. I find wonder and life in a infinite way with this knowledge, much like faith, it shows how little things are and how nothing really means anything. with that said certainly this person sees something, or he wouldn't be here, he must see that among the infinite possibility of existence and matter that existence alone is improbable and a true miracle. among all the stars and infinite time and space, we are here, just observing with what little life we have, we make due with what we have, and when our time is up, much like a star, we don't just die, we burn up but don't fade immediately to everyone, we leave an impression, like light in space, our actions takes time to fade, and that's beautiful.
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