DAXIII let me show you something; you can probably figure out what the rainbow colours are for , but do you know what the semi colon is for? its for mental health awareness, it's for depression awareness, and most of all it's for suicide awareness. and while i've struggled with the first two both in myself and my ex, but the third is the reason i had ink put into my arm, when i was 17 i decided i'd taken my last beating and that was my out, i am ever so grateful that at the last minute my inner voice who i now recognize as my 'Sarah' voice, saying "dont let them win, if you do this they win." and i stared at myself in the mirror for an hour or more crying. i am so grateful i didnt let myself go down that road and i am here now talking to you.
I learned Tal Ben Shahar (Grateful and Positive Psychology) and Mindfulness while I was in the first year of my Master Degree in US. Here is the concept of Thankfulness in Islam (Alhamdullilah) : https://www.whyislam.org/on-faith/the-concept-of-gratitude-in-islam/ if I compare to Islam Mindfullnes is Dzikir, and here is Dzikir concept in Islam : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhikr I am not blame about those with religion but just to enrich your knowledge.. SL
maybe it comes down to happiness. i saw a meme on face book, i wish i'd saved it. two characters who look almost alike one had a box with 'happiness' written on it, the other character says 'where did you find that? i've been looking for it everywhere' the first character says 'I Made it' the point being money makes a lot of things easier but happiness comes from with in. and it's up to each of us to find that one spark and make it grow
I am grateful for my wonderful husband. I'm grateful that his illness, while serious, is treatable. I'm grateful that my parents got to see the true me and how happy it makes me before they died. I'm grateful for my job which, while frustrating, allows me to afford a standard of living which, while many would describe it as modest, would be mind-boggling to a majority of the world's inhabitants. I'm grateful that the left overs I took for lunch today reheated so well. I'm grateful they found me in time to pump my stomach when I tried to kill myself my senior year in high school...
I'm grateful that this thread exists, so I can share the happiness I do have. I'm grateful that despite my troubles, I have so many ways to express myself I'm grateful that my siblings are so okay with me being bisexual, and that they have respected my wish not to tell our parents And last, but certainly not least I'm grateful that I can still find things to be grateful for
I do not agree with this at all. For the past several years, I've made it a habit to always identify at least one thing I'm thankful for from the current day before I go to sleep. Sometimes it's really, really difficult and I end up with something generic like "I'm happy to be alive", but it provides a good opportunity to reflect a bit and realize that it's not all bad even when things seem like they're at their worst. Today I will just say I'm grateful that I have an amazingly sweet friend who tries so hard to put up with me and he means the world to me. I also got to see a nice new picture of him that made me smile really hard after finishing with a frustrating task at work.
I'm grateful that whenever I think I'm running out of something, I always find something in exchange. God always provides
That doesn't really tell my why. Why one bothered to continue onward. Things could have easily gone the other way so your logic is pretty much rooted in hindsight. That seems to be what hope and gratitude are, things that happen after the fact and are subject to bias. In a different world, some in that situation would be grateful for the sweet release of death, what then? I just think there is something disturbing about life when one is looking for reasons to live.
You are so unkind, are you trying to egg people on to suicide? Other people log onto this site and read these conversations. You're certainly not helping anyone who's come here with those thoughts to find the will to go on. This is so cruel.
I'm saying that for some people it is an option, like the terminally ill or those who are is extreme pain on a daily basis and they simply cannot bear it anymore. I would not want them to stay around for my sake, I could never be that cruel.
I’m grateful for @Moonsparkle and @junebug99. They have kept me above water over this weekend and into this week, when I have been feeling so down. ((Hugs))
No I am not. There really isn’t anything I am grateful for, considering that death has been on my mind for years.
Man i'm sorry if you feel that way. I guess I am how I am because I grew up believing in something. It helps me a lot. I mean all of us go through hardships. It's just given in different ways. I hope you can find something to believe in.
I’m grateful for my health and having my family close by who are supportive in everything I do and for being an auntie to my 3 gorgeous nephews as well as being able to run my own business.