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Sep 10, 2020 · 8 Reasons to Live, from a Text Crisis Counselor Who's Been There Before. Depression and other kinds of emotional distress can knock you down and keep you flat. When crawling through this fog of...
- Life is an invitation to learn. We can learn something from every moment, good or bad.
- Life is not static; it's in constant movement, much like the waves of the ocean. Each wave that comes brings with it new experiences, and each one is different.
- Life is a gift; some people depart too soon and don’t have the fortune to know life. Those who have it should enjoy it.
- Our lives are not only our own. They also belong to those who surround us. We should take care of ourselves because we are important to others—even though we sometimes forget it.
- The Past Is in the Past. When in distress and/or anxious, it is common to focus on the past. The past can hold a lot of pain. Many studies show the marked changes in our brain chemistry due to past traumas and stressors.
- You Are More Than Your Mistakes. Along the same vein of the past is in the past, many of us struggle to forgive ourselves for mistakes we have made. From society to academia, we are taught at a young age that mistakes are bad.
- Solutions Are Hard to See When Depressed. Depression is a silent killer. This disorder takes many lives by way of suicide each year. A provisional estimate by the CDC in 2022 indicated over 49,000 people died by suicide in 2022, the rate rising 2.6% from 2021.
- Treatment Can Make You Feel Better. Therapy for depression and medication management can make all the difference when you begin to wonder what your reason to live is anymore.
- Mia Zhang
- Life is always moving forward and changing. When you experience such immense suffering and feel like you can’t go on, it feels like the whole world is collapsing in on you.
- Your reason to live depends entirely on you. It might not seem like it right now, but the purpose of your life didn’t depend on that person, career, or thing.
- You don’t have to “find” your purpose in life. Too often I have seen people become lost in their search for their one true purpose. They try dozens of careers, hundreds of potential partners, only to end up disappointed and frustrated every time because it didn’t “feel” like it was what they were born to do or be with.
- The most challenging moments are the ones that define us. I wouldn’t wish tragedy upon anyone. But the reality is this: The most tragic moments in our life are the ones that define us the most.
- “It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.” ― Winston S. Churchill.
- “The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn’t matter which road we embark on.
- “People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.” ― Dalai Lama.
- “The heart of human excellence often begins to beat when you discover a pursuit that absorbs you, frees you, challenges you, or gives you a sense of meaning, joy, or passion.” ―
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (originally titled Una Ragione Per Vivere E Una Per Morire, also known as Massacre at Fort Holman) is a 1972 Technicolor Italian spaghetti Western movie starring James Coburn, Bud Spencer and Telly Savalas.
Every day you wake up and wonder, “How much longer can I go on?” The emptiness that fills your heart and your soul begins to take over your rationality. At some point the things that kept you going have become meaningless. The life you have lived for so many years was just a struggle to survive.
