![]() There is still some time for love to find you. There is still some time to ask for help. There is still some time to be surprised. You are more than wounds, more than drugs, more than death and silence. If you can’t let go, it’s okay to say you can’t let go. If you feel stuck, it’s okay to say you feel stuck. If your heart is broken, it’s okay to say your heart is broken. This life is not about status or opinion or appearance. You are here for more than grades, more than a job, more than a promotion, more than keeping up, more than getting by. This life - it’s not a contest, not a race, not a performance, not a thing that you win. If you need a break, it’s okay to say you need a break. If this world is too painful, stop and rest. “If you feel too much, there’s still a place for you here. ![]() “These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb.” - Najwa Zebian “For all the air that's in your lungs For all the joy that is to come For all the things that you're alive to feel Just let the pain remind you hearts can heal” - Paramore Whatever you do, please don’t forget that hope and help are real. Write them in a journal, change your computer background, or share on social media. Scroll through, find a few quotes that especially speak to you, and find a way to hold them close. Countless people have experienced this weight and made it through. ![]() Our hope is that these words will remind you of the hope that lies ahead - and that you are not alone on your journey. We’ve collected meaningful and hopeful quotes about suicide and suicide prevention - but also about experiencing pain, and heaviness, and the big questions of life. Your story matters - and it isn’t finished. ![]() It’s not possible to move forward without acknowledging that the pain we experience is real and shouldn’t be ignored. This is true when it comes to the heartbreak, pain, and injustice of the world - and it’s just as true for anybody who’s struggling. But it doesn’t have to be this way.Īt Good Good Good we know that hope is real and change is possible. I rise I rise I rise.Globally, 1 in 100 deaths is a suicide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.ĭoes my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I’ve got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? ![]() Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I’ll rise.ĭid you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops, Weakened by my soulful cries?ĭoes my haughtiness offend you? Don’t you take it awful hard ’Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines Diggin’ in my own backyard. You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise.ĭoes my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living room. ![]()
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