Overcoming Death.

I used to think about suicide all the time.
I've tried it at least once and clearly i either failed or backed out quickly enough to not hurt myself significantly.
But i don't think about it anymore.
Over the past few years, i've come to realize just how selfish suicide is.
I have so many people around me, supporting me and pushing me along in life. They've used so much effort to keep me from straying off the path that i walk.
If i were to kill myself now, that would be like saying 'you don't mean a thing to me' in their face.
Suicide is selfish.
You put your pain first and foremost before others without even considering the consequences of your actions.
I no longer think of suicide because i have people in my life that mean more to me than i could ever dream of.
I have people who have been there with me every step of the way, and some that have even strayed off their own paths to help me return to mine.
I thank God for giving me such wonderful friends in my life.
If everyone succumbed to their own darkness, this world would be barren.
It's because people are strong enough to stand up when there seems like there is no hope left that we can truly flourish in this world.
When you think about hurting yourself, you unconsciously hurt those around you.
Despite what everyone always thinks,
there is always someone watching over you; someone who loves you.
You may not know it, but there is a person in your life to whom you mean the world.
If you choose the easy way out, not only do you sufficiently end YOUR path and cut off any possibility of happiness in the future, but you also destroy a part of their world.
Everyone experiences pain, but how you deal with it is what makes you a person.
Stand strong and proud. Don't let life break you. And even if you break, there are some who can help put you together again.
Before i realized all of this, i was severely depressed.
I hated everything.
I hated life.
I hated school.
I hated myself.
But then i met some people
who slowly began to make life worth living
and then one day it all came crashing down again
and when i told a friend that i had contemplated suicide before
i was shocked at their reaction.
They were furious.
Angry that i had thought such a thing
Disappointed that i would ever want to choose the easy way out
Upset that i would put myself first and foremost
Hurt that i would just get up and leave them all alone in this world because i decided that i was tired of it all.
We only have each other to hold onto in this life,
if you just get up and leave one day
who will we hold on to?
A bunch of chopsticks is harder to break than one chopstick alone.
We're stronger if we're together.
Open your eyes and look at those around you.
See what you pain has blinded you to.
We are here. We've always been there.
We were just waiting for you to realize that.
Have Faith.
Because a little faith goes a long way.
And maybe,
just maybe,
one day we'll overcome death itself.