#ikeptliving
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. To Write Love On Her Arms is running a campaign called #ikeptliving, encouraging us all to share the reasons why we're glad we kept living. My voice will just be one among thousands, tens of thousands - and it will not be nearly as well written. But I've been there. I've thought I would be better off dead. I've thought the world would be better off without me. Because while I've never tried, I've wanted to try. And that's just one step away. So I want my voice out there. I couldn't forgive myself if I thought I hadn't done anything. --- Here's the thing - my life is pretty great. It's always been pretty great. And on the day (because I can pinpoint it) when I was struck down by this 'black dog', my life was awesome. I was at uni, studying to do the job I knew God had made me for, I was planning a trip to my favourite country on earth, co-leading a team of young people I was going to...