Everyday we are given another day, we are given the chance to choose LIFE.
Sept 10 has been set aside as a day to promote suicide prevention.
Unfortunately, every day there are people, people without hope, who choose death.
Many more make futile attempts and live with the scars as a daily basis.
My dad, Edward Benavidez, took his own life Valentine's Day 1998.
What a selfish man! What a thoughtless act! You can't take death back.
It is the irreversible choice.
Once the trigger is pulled, the consequences are eternal.
What then? What happens to those left behind?
I don't know...I could tell you what happened to me but I don't think that's what's most important. What is important is YOU.
On the days when you think life is not worth living
On the days where you question "Would anyone miss me if I was gone?"
On the days it seems life is just too difficult to figure out
On the days that you feel like an absolute failure with no future in sight
On the days you've convinced yourself the heartbreak you're feeling would be much better if you never existed at all...
On those days, CHOOSE LIFE!
If you can't live for yourself...
Live for your parents even if you think they don't care.
Choose life for your friends, even when you think there's not a single person on this earth that cares for you.
Choose life for your teachers who spent their every day teaching you how to be a smart and kind individual.
Choose life in honor of your Creator, the Giver of Life.
You are loved!
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