Friday, November 13, 2009

please remember.

love is not a 9-5 job. love is a commitment. love is life.
today was the unoficially official twloha day. hundreds, maybe thousands of people wrote love on their arms in support of this organization. i support the organization and i support people supporting the organization... but i don't see a huge impact with it. just because you have "love" written on your arm doesn't mean you're helping out. if you write love and you reach out, then it means something. if you write love and say you support but don't reach out, it's nothing. it's worthless, like a clanging gong in the middle of the night. i just can't get it. with so many people saying that they're "making a difference" yet not doing a thing except for using a sharpie... it doesn't make much sense to me.

"let me tell you this: if you're not depressed or struggling with self-harm, today's not about you. it's about reaching out to the people in need around you. write love on somebody else's arms today. tell someone you don't like that they're worth something. It might make more of a difference than you could ever imagine."
-random photographer on flickr

"it's crap unless it moves you, crap unless it connects with your story, meets you in your pain, reminds you of your dreams, reminds you what's possible." - jamie tworkowski

there's so much pain. so. much. pain.
but there is also love. so much MORE love.
don't give up. don't ever fucking give up.
life is worth it, regardless of how messed up it can feel..

"so maybe people are our way out. maybe people can help us out. which is to say, maybe you can help somebody out. maybe you can save somebody's life. and maybe it's as easy as saying something to them. and if it's that easy... imagine how much more we can do if we do more than just say something" -eric schripsema

peace to you tonight. <3

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