Mental Health As a responsible member of this struggling yet thriving society, we start a small initiative today. This is not for engagement; not for marketing; and not for promotion. This is our humble attempt at building perspective on mental health. We will do it through stories & examples- fictional & real. Any person who relates to this can share stories of their own or a story. You never know who needs to hear it from you. Appointment in Samarra by John O Hara- the novel concerns with the self destruction of the fictional character named Julian English. Interesting fact: The book's title is in reference to W. Somerset Maugham's re-telling of an ancient Mesopotamian tale which was also told in the form of an epigraph in the book. It goes: "A merchant in Baghdad sends his servant to the marketplace for provisions. Soon afterwards, the servant comes home white and trembling and tells him that in the marketplace, he was jostled by a woman, whom he recognized as Death, who made a threatening gesture. Borrowing the merchant’s horse, he flees at great speed to Samarra, a distance of about 75 miles (125 km), where he believes Death will not find him. The merchant then goes to the marketplace and finds Death, and asks why she made the threatening gesture to his servant. She replies, “That was not a threatening gesture, it was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I have an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.” If you're wondering why this story is making a big feature in a #mentalhealth post, here's your answer- it is easy to start humoring a pessimistic line of thought based on something we see, or even believe that we have seen. But what's important is to be aware that the consequence of thought may or may not be action, but the consequence of action is almost certainly going to be another action. Being aware that you are human makes you for real. #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #iamforreal #ReleaseYourInnerTalent #skillsforlife #likeforlikes (at London, Unιted Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLeFeHtA-rb/?igshid=1nv8cngsoryjk
