Found this a few years ago, I think on Myspace. It really inspired me. Hopefully it inspires you too. :)
Inhale. Exhale. Now open your eyes.
Welcome to the world, it’s full of shallow people and incorrect judgments, based on the physical appearance, most of the time.
It’s also full of unnoticed depression, hate, and the feeling of being worthless.
You can make a difference, like I am and will continue to.
There is a common battle being fought by teenagers within themselves, its called depression. You may have contributed to this, or you may have helped someone who has suffered from this.
DON’T FEED THE DEPRESSION!
You are surrounded by it, you have felt it, and you have put people further in it. And this is the point I am trying to make:
Stop doing hurtful things to people, just stop. Because the thing is, you don’t know what that person has to deal with everyday.
And also keep this in mind, you could be the one whos hurting inside.
The thing about this whole sad issue is, you can’t really tell. I mean, unless that person spilled their guts and feelings out to you, then you don’t know them, do you.
There are people who question reality, people who question their existence, people who would be more than willing to end their own life.
That girl that you heard people talk shit about, she could have lost a mother and isn’t very social ever since that happened.
Or how about that one nerdy guy. He could go home every night to his sister who he watches wasting away, who’s heartbeat is weak within her frail thin anorexic body. And in his life he begins to shut everything and everyone out. One day you see the scars on his wrists and you tell others, and everyone at school starts making fun of him and talking behind his back.
Or that girl who you think is such a slut. Maybe she goes home every night to a drunken father who beats her telling her shes worthless.
Or the girl who you think acts “emo” just for attention. Maybe her parents are divorced because her father used to sexually abuse her.
There are people like this all around you, people who have gone through some really tough times, and they just can’t take it anymore.
Some people watch themselves become something they never wanted to be, and they feel like they’ve lost their identity entirely. They could be crying themselves to sleep, or each time they cross the road they think to stop in front of a car, hoping to get hit.
The thing is, you don’t know. You don’t know whats going on inside their head.
Not everyone here has someone to lean on, to tell them that everything will be okay. Not everyone is as blessed as you are.
But everyone is entitled to happiness.
You can make a difference, you can start by not judging the people you don’t know. If you see someone who looks upset, even a complete stranger, go up to them and ask whats wrong, tell them that whatever’s wrong that “this too shall pass.”
Nothing lasts forever, not even the deepest of sorrows.
Now do the world a favor, don’t say hurtful things, because in the end, it wont help anyone.
In fact, continuous hurt and pain can end in suicide. So stop and think before you try to bring someone down.
