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#Repost @twloha (@get_repost) ・・・ “I do know how my healing started. It began with a decision to stay. A decision to believe, against all odds, that hope was real, and maybe the mere existence of hope is defiant.” New #NSPW17 blog: “What I Do Know” by Kendra Larsen. Read at the link our profile! #IWasMadeFor

#GPRepost, #reposter, #notetag @twloha via @RepostApp ======> New #NSPW17 blog: "Made to Live" by Jessica Morris. #IWasMadeFor (Link in profile) [image description: white text on a grey background from To Write Love on Her Arms that says, "Choosing to stay requires a next step, and there is always someone to take it with you if you reach out your hand and ask for help."]

#Repost @twloha (@get_repost) ・・・ "Choosing to stay requires a next step, and there is always someone to take it with you if you reach out your hand and ask for help." New #NSPW17 blog: "Made to Live" by Jessica Morris. #IWasMadeFor (Link in profile)

#GPRepost, #reposter, #notetag @twloha via @RepostApp ======> @levithepoet asked friends and strangers to send him home videos that reminded them why their lives are worth living. With their responses, he created a video and a poem. Check out the new #NSPW17 blog: "It's All Worth Living For" by Levi at the link in our profile now. #IWasMadeFor [image description: white text on a gradient blue and orange background that says, "None of us has any fathomable idea what's coming next but it's coming and it's worth it."]

Don't be afraid to keep going if you are struggling, if you know someone who is struggling don't be afraid to ask the tough questions, help is out there, it's real and hope is real too. I've provided some warning signs as well as sources for you or anyone you know who may need them, your story isn't over, keep going find what you were made for. #stay #nspw17 #whatyouweremadefor #hope #keepfighting #dontgiveup #suicideprevention #suicidepreventionmonth #nationalsuicidepreventionweek2017 #keepliving #emmaelysephoto

#Repost @twloha ・・・ “Give yourself the opportunity of seeing what a year from now holds. Take a chance on yourself and choose to stay.” New #NSPW17 blog: “Stay and Turn Another Year Older” by Abie Bowker (link in profile) #IWasMadeFor

Find what you were made for. #WSPD17 #NSPW17 #TWLOHA #LOVE

It's September 10th, which means today is World Suicide Prevention Day. It feels like absolutely no time at all has passed since last Sept. 10th, but I guess living through a time that has you in a constant state of disbelief can do that to you. Politics have a very real impact on our lives; to claim differently shows a particular kind of privelege and even a kind of disregard for the lives and experiences others live. I've been reflecting on this years TWLOHA prompt, and, I'll be honest here, I have no idea how to respond to it. I thought my answer for this years prompt could be mainly relating to politics or ethics, but that feels kind of disingenuous. So I've been looking at other's posts about this and it seems like there are two main threads we can follow, either use #IWasMadeFor to directly answer the prompt or the broader message of #StayFindOutWhatYouWereMadeFor which is represented pretty widely in the promo materials for this years National Suicide Prevention Week. I don't have an answer for the first prompt- I could answer with something relating to my career goals but our careers don't always necessarily reflect our passions even when we hope they will- so I'm going to focus on the second and try to make this post a bit more general than my posts have been in the past. Determining what you were made for feels like it has a particularly religious message attached to it. If that works for you that's great, but if you're like me and religion isn't really your thing it can be difficult to feel like there's supposed to be some predetermined purpose for your life. So don't. Your purpose in life, what you were made for, doesn't have to be some predetermined thing; it can be whatever you want it to be. What are you passionate about? What keeps you going? What makes you happy? What makes you feel fulfilled? If it's your art or writing or craft that makes you happy or keeps you going that can be your purpose. If it's social justice and activism that drives you that could be what you were made for. If you have absolutely no idea yet, that's okay too! Stay and we can find what you were made for together. #NSPW17 #WSPD17 #TWLOHA