Jenny Lawson Quotes
I Have A Folder That's Labeled "The Folder Of 24." Inside It Are Letters From Twenty-four People Who Were Actively In The Process Of Planning Their Suicide, But Who Stopped And Got Help - Not Because Of What I Wrote On My Blog, But Because Of The Amazing Response From The Community Of People Who Read It And Said, "Me Too." They Were Saved By The People Who Wrote About Losing Their Mother Or Father Or Child To Suicide And How They'd Do Anything To Go Back And Convince Them Not To Believe The Lies Mental Illness Tells You. They Were Saved By The People Who Offered Up Encouragement And Songs And Lyrics And Poems And Talismans And Mantras That Worked For Them And That Might Work For A Stranger In Need. There Are Twenty-four People Alive Today Who Are Still Here Because People Were Brave Enough To Talk About Their Struggles, Or Compassionate Enough To Convince Others Of Their Worth, Or Who Simply Said, "I Don't Understand Your Illness, But I Know That The World Is Better With You In It.
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