I'm not an emotional person either in general. Think it now takes a lot for me to feel pain, real pain, as so much happened when I was young that it takes a lot of really get to me. Writing this post I almost stopped a couple times as I had to get up and walk away as tears were in my eyes and I was a mess. Each time I wondered why am I sharing all of this.
But the story of my friend who took his life I felt needed to be shared. I had started and deleted multiple drafts of posts about it as they didn't have any heart to them. Facts don't help people take something to heart and this is one of those messages I wanted taken to heart or there was no point in posting.
Truly hope that this gets shared around enough that 1 person that needs to read these words is reached. Don't care about the earnings, just want the message heard by as many people as possible. There is someone on steemit right now that needs to know that others have been where they are and moved past the pain to have a great life. While not always an easy journey, it's been a wonderful life worth living.
When I read it and replied I knew I wasn't finding the right words to describe how I was feeling. But that's the word - heart - that I was responding to. It was like I was feeling your heart speak and my heart was listening. Okay, that sounds weird, but that's what it felt like. Again, I don't feel like I'm finding enough words. But I'm glad you found the right words to write it.
I have a spiritual group on FB and I'm thinking this is a message some of them might want/need to read. They wouldn't be Steemit members but would it be okay for me to put a link there to your post?
Yes please do. This post was written to share a message and more people it can reach the better.
While it sounds weird, I understand what you are saying...thank you!
So I just went to check my page and saw your link has been 'shared' 3 times so far. One was to a group that I won't be able to see if anyone there shares it, but it's likely they will. (It's an Angel group.) Thought you might like the 24-hr update.