Stay Alive Challenge

There's this little thing going around called the Stay Alive Challenge for suicide awareness/prevention. I was asked to post a black & white photo & doing some tagging...

I have some rather strong & harsh feelings about suicide from both perspectives of it... from lying on the floor slipping away to losing far too many friends now & artists I've adored to it. It takes a piece of me every time someone I know loses that battle & makes me wonder every damn day what'll be the thing that pushes me over the edge. Morbid, I know. I've learned my lessons & will continue to. I've been graced with people I can only explain as angels in my life who were put there to make sure I stuck around... so here I am still...

So here's the deal... don't be a dick to people & try harder to have some compassion & understanding for circumstances you know nothing about. You make a difference... the smallest gestures can change everything & tip the scales to either side... choose the kind gestures!

If you're an artist, writer or musician... pour that understanding into your art... it fucking helps so much to make this world less lonely... it's saved me over & over again.

If you're hanging on the edge... don't ever let go. There's people you probably haven't even met yet that are so looking forward to having you in their future. So just hold on.