I started writing this too late. :/ Dang you sleep deprivation! If it wasn't for you making me sleep during the day this would've been posted on Friday! Friday the 13th, by the way. It only took me till like 7pm to realize that.....
So yesterday was not only friday the 13th, but also To Write Love On Her Arms Day. What a lovely organization that is. No lie. I greatly admire them for creating the atmosphere; they are a beacon of hope in a dark and scary world. Lemme hit you with some info about them. This is all taken from their website:
"" MISSION STATEMENT: To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.
Vision: You were created to love and be loved. You were meant to live life in relationship with other people, to know and be known. You need to know that your story is important and that you're part of a bigger story. You need to know that your life matters.
You need to know that rescue is possible, that freedom is possible, that God is still in the business of redemption. We're seeing it happen. We're seeing lives change as people get the help they need. People sitting across from a counselor for the first time. People stepping into treatment. In desperate moments, people calling a suicide hotline. We know that the first step to recovery is the hardest to take. We want to say here that it's worth it, that your life is worth fighting for, that it's possible to change.
The vision is the possibility that your best days are ahead. The vision is the possibility that we're more loved than we'll ever know.
The vision is hope, and hope is real. You are not alone, and this is not the end of your story. ""
So full of hope and love. So full of the possibilities of tomorrow. They have saved countless lives and helped innumerable people. They help us battle the staggering statistics that unfortunately are true.
- 121 million people worldwide suffer from depression.
- 18 million of these cases are happening in the United States.
- 2/3 of those suffering from depression never seek treatment.
- Untreated depression is the number one cause of suicide, and suicide is the third leading cause of death among teenagers.
That's my arm from yesterday. Jen and Krista also wrote on theirs.
Yay for love and supporting it! We are all loved, even if we don't realize it. To you, whoever is reading this, I LOVE YOU! You are awesome and amazing. You make a difference in this world. You deserve everything that comes to you.
"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." -Buddha
And fantastic news that I am sooo excited over- they found water on the moon! WATER! On the moon! If you aren't excited about this you probably don't realize the significance of this discovery. I am smiling from ear to ear as I write this. Yet as a person interested in science and such discoveries, one of my first thoughts was "I wonder who will be the first person to drink moon water... I wonder if it'll taste any different." Hmmmm moon water. I wanna drink moon water!
MMMmmmmm A glass of cool moon water please!
To end this I'm gonna show you another Jason Mraz video. (I really hope you like him too, with all the references I make haha.) This is a new song that he made for a documentary titled "May I Be Frank". I love when he explains the song, it's so simple- why hasn't anyone else thought of this before?
"There's a famous bumper sticker that says 'what would Jesus do'! I dunno. I haven't seen him in a while. But what moves me is when I think, well, what would love do? You know? And I realize it's the same thing. So when you find yourself in any ol' predicament ask yourself what would love do."
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