Some days are hard. Some are easier. Some are so hard that you wonder if you can even get through one more minute, much less a whole day! And yet we do. One moment at a time. One minute at a time. One day at a time. There are times though that we may consider a different choice. A more permanent choice. The choice of suicide.

We all have different reasons for continuing on. Perhaps we have children. Perhaps we know how much we are loved. Perhaps we just trust that “This too shall pass.” These are all good reasons, as are a thousand more. Each of us have our own unique reason why suicide cannot be our choice.

For those of you reading this that you are not sure if you have a good enough reason to choose continuing on over suicide, it is time to find one. In fact, I will go back to what I said before, “This too shall pass.” Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. This is one of the most important things to remember. That intense emotion that you are feeling right now, that you think will never end, will.

Please remember. Please choose to continue on. Please call or text the National Suicide Prevention number: 988.

You matter.