Things are bad, life is very hard. Every single day there are new challenges to make us question ourselves. Should I keep moving forward? Is all of this stress, is all of this heartache worth it? On a daily basis we struggle to find meaning in the faces of our loved ones. We look into the eyes of our spouses and our children and our parents in the hardest of times.
I've often said I believe in the power failure, that mistakes and failure allow us to grow. Often times we don't learn from our successes but we learn from our mistakes. People end up in jail, people lose their life savings, people sometimes just lose their job… And then what? Is all of that what makes life worth living. Whatever happened to experiencing a sunrise or beautiful sunset whatever happened to just taking a long walk in a remote area and listening to the sound of the wind in the trees. I know that in these insane political times people feel desperate and overwhelmed, financially, spiritually or morally. None of this means that you should take your own life. Today on my I ramp to get on the freeway to the 15 south I saw a man waving on the wrong side of the fence. Doing so in apparent threat to jump to his death. I don't know if he jumped at this moment or if he survived. I will say it appeared as though his love ones were all standing around him on the other side pleading with him to not go. Clearly there are people in this world that still love this man so the idea of throwing it all away is heartbreaking and inconceivable. I've often said jokingly that I love myself too much to kill myself but I'd much rather disappear into the mountains but when you have people around you that love you it serves as a punishment to them rather than just a relief to you. I do not know the name of the man on the overpass but I plead with him don't punish the people that love you give them another chance to help you choose life. STAY WITH US. STAY RIGHT -DOUG- |
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