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@saor_illust school

(Note: This isn't mine, but I thought it should belong on this thread It has been edited though.)

Whatever reason you came to this thread for, I want to tell you that you're beautiful and God created every single one of us for a reason but it's not always clear. Remember that life has its highs and lows. It's okay to feel sad. It's okay to feel unwanted. But just remember that those are just feelings, they are not true. If you ever feel down, talk to anyone you're comfortable with about it. You can even shout it in the air. Never keep your sadness to yourself only. I'm here anytime you want to talk about anything. I know you've had enough, but don't ever stop believing in life. Ending it is not the solution of your problems. I believe in you. You're strong, you're a fighter, and let your biggest goal be how to transform from a fighter, to a survivor. -Nouran Khazbek

@Echo_6 group

I've harped on this, more times than I probably should have, and y'all are probably getting tired of hearing it… but…
It is so beyond true…
And maybe this is me just having an emotional break down because I've been holding this in for so long…..
Don't ever let yourself believe that you are worthless, please. I'm not gonna tell you that it's selfish of you for having the thoughts in your head. The thoughts that the world would be better off without you, no one really cares, you're not good enough, you can't do anything right, and everyone hates you. I've been there, those thoughts are all too real. It's not selfish, but it does hurt other people. It hurts a lot.
I had a friend, he was a few years older than me. He was like my big brother. I looked forward to the days I got to see him, because we'd sit and talk about different forts that we made in our backyards. For hours.
He never gave any indication. Was always happy, always there to help. He was the type of person that would physically fight someone for you. Even if he ended up with bad bruises.
Seven years ago today… he took his own life. Because he didn't think he had anything left to live for. He didn't think he made any difference in the world so he didn't think he had to stay.
It still hurts. Seven years later, it hurts more than I thought it would. And I'm not saying this because I want you to feel sorry for me. This is gonna sound harsh but I hate when people apologize to me about something they know nothing about. Maybe I'm the only one, maybe I'm not, I don't care. The point of this is to say that you make a difference dammit.
He was the biggest influence in my life, my best friend when I had no other friends. And I wasn't the only one. My closest friend today, had also been really close friends with him. We met a year after he'd gone. We both hurt so much because we didn't realize that he was hurting like that.
He didn't think he made a difference, but if he hadn't make a difference than I guarantee I would not be here today to be talking with you guys.
So I'm gonna say it again. And I will keep saying it until I'm dead and in the grave. Y'all make a difference. I don't ever want you to think otherwise.

I love y'all so much, thank you for taking time to read this.

@amber_is_in_a_loop

Got this off of youtube and wanted to share :)

  1. We would miss you.
  2. It's not worth the regret. Either by yourself if you failed or just simply left scars, or the regret everyone else feels by not doing enough to help you.
  3. It does get better. Believe it or not it will eventually get better. Sometimes you have to go through the storm to get to the rainbow.
  4. There's so much you would miss out on doing.
  5. There is always a reason to live. It might not be clear right now, but it is always there.
  6. So many people care, and it would hurt them if you hurt yourself.
  7. You ARE worth it. Don't let anyone, especially yourself, tell you otherwise.
  8. You are amazing.
  9. A time will come, once you've battled the toughest times of your life and are in ease once again, where you will be so glad that you decided to keep on living. You will emerge stronger from this all, and won't regret your choice to carry on with life. Because things always get better.
  10. What about all the things you've always wanted to do? What about the things you've planned, but never got around to doing? You can't do them when you're dead.
  11. I love you. Even if only one person loves you, that's still a reason to stay alive.
  12. You won't be able to listen to music if you die.
  13. Killing yourself is never worth it. You'll hurt both yourself and all the people you care about.
  14. There are so many people that would miss you, including me.
  15. You're preventing a future generation, YOUR KIDS, from even being born.
  16. How do you think your family would feel? Would it improve their lives if you died?
  17. You're gorgeous, amazing, and to someone you are perfect.
  18. Think about your favourite music artist, you'll never hear their voice again…
  19. You'll never have the feeling of walking into a warm building on a cold day
  20. Listening to incredibly loud music
  21. Being alive is just really good.
  22. Not being alive is really bad.
  23. Finding your soulmate.
  24. Red pandas
  25. Going to diners at three in the morning.
  26. Really soft pillows.
  27. Eating pizza in New York City.
  28. Proving people wrong with your success.
  29. Watching the jerks that doubted you fail at life.
  30. Seeing someone trip over a garbage can.
  31. Being able to help other people.
  32. Bonfires.
  33. Sitting on rooftops.
  34. Seeing every single country in the world.
  35. Going on roadtrips.
  36. You might win the lottery someday.
  37. Listening to music on a record player.
  38. Going to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
  39. Taking really cool pictures.
  40. Literally meeting thousands of new people.
  41. Hearing crazy stories.
  42. Telling crazy stories.
  43. Eating ice cream on a hot day.
  44. More Harry Potter books could come out, you never know.
  45. Travelling to another planet someday.
  46. Having an underwater house.
  47. Randomly running into your hero on the street.
  48. Having your own room at a fancy hotel.
  49. Trampolines.
  50. Think about your favourite movie, you'll never watch it again.
  51. Think about the feeling of laughing out loud in a public place because your best friend has just sent you an inside joke,
  52. Your survival will make the world better, even if it's for just one person or 20 or 100 or more.
  53. People do care.
  54. Treehouses
  55. Hanging out with your soul mate in a treehouse
  56. Snorting when you laugh and not caring who sees
  57. I don't even know you and I love you.
  58. I don't even know you and I care about you.
  59. Because nobody is going to be like you ever, so embrace your uniqueness!
  60. You won't be here to experience the first cat world emperor.
  61. WHAT ABOUT FOOD?! YOU'LL MISS CHOCOLATE AND ALL THE OTHER NOM THINGS!
  62. Starbucks.
  63. Hugs.
  64. Stargazing.
  65. You have a purpose, and it's up to you to find out what it is.
  66. You've changed somebody's life.
  67. Now you could change the world.
  68. You will meet the person that's perfect for you.
  69. No matter how much or how little, you have your life ahead of you.
  70. You have the chance to save somebody's life.
  71. If you end your life, you're stopping yourself from achieving great things.
  72. Making snow angels.
  73. Making snowmen.
  74. Snowball fights.
  75. Life is what you make of it.
  76. Everybody has a talent.
  77. Laughing until you cry.
  78. Having the ability to be sad means you have the ability to be happy.
  79. The world would not be the same if you didn't exist.
  80. Its possible to turn frowns, upside down
  81. Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit, and never let them take you alive.
  82. Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary. Be your own hero.
  83. Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
  84. One day your smile will be real.
  85. Having a really hot, relaxing bath after a stressful day.
  86. Lying on grass and laughing at the clouds.
  87. Getting completely smashed with your best friends.
  88. Eating crazy food.
  89. Staying up all night watching your favourite films with a loved one.
  90. Sleeping in all day.
  91. Creating something you're proud of.
  92. You can look back on yourself 70 years later and being proud you didn't commit
  93. Being able to meet your Internet friends.
  94. Tea / Coffee / Hot Chocolate
  95. The new season of Sherlock
  96. Cuddling under the stars.
  97. Being stupid in public because you just can.
  98. If you are reading this then you are alive! Is there any more reason to smile?
  99. being able to hug that one person you havent seen in years
  100. People care enough about you and your future to come up with 100 reasons for you not to do this.
  101. But, the final and most important one is, just, being able to experience life. Because even if your life doesn't seem so great right now, literally anything could happen

@TeamMezzo group

just because you don't hear it doesn't mean it isn't true.
so, if you need to hear it, i love you. i care about you. you mean the damn world to me. i'm here for you <3

@amber_is_in_a_loop

To every single person on here, I politely but forcefully request that if ever you're not feeling up to dealing with stuff and you need someone to just be there, you message me. I, and so so many others, care so much about you, more than you'd even believe. I need you to know that I will never not be there for you.
I love you. I really, really do.

@Jay-Marae-is-in-an-emotional-maze

I know I'm not the most active person ever on here but I really want to be apart of this and thank you everyone else on here.

I don't know your background. I don't know your story. All I know is I freaking love you anyways. I'm going to do something here so just stick with me.

This week has been a rough one for me.
I shared my list of things I hate about myself to my bestest friend and it was really hard for me to actually tell someone I hate myself. Idk why. Maybe because it's hard to admit you hate yourself to yourself even. I was so scared during the whole thing and I wouldn't ft him through it. Idk why. Maybe I was scared of how he would react.
Why am I telling you this? Because of this:
It may seem like a shit scene, but it actually really helped me. I told him I needed to tell him something on ft but I was too scared to tell him face to face so I told him through text. He seemed kind of confused and told me to send him the list and he wanted to tell me something too. I told him I was shaking (something I do before I cry / when I'm really close to crying and what I'm doing now) and I told him that I was too scared and to just tell me. He told me it was ok and I didn't have to be scared then…
He said he had a list too. He showed me his and I showed him mine and they were pretty similar.
It told me it was ok again and he told me he really cared about me and he would never do anything to hurt me and I could tell him anything. So I did. We talked about our fears and anxieties and we got a lot closer. And that's saying something because I have bad anxiety and some trust issues. We got closer than the friend I've had for my whole life and that's been through thick and thin with me. Now I'm a lot closer to him and I feel like I can get through anything with him by my side. I realized how caring and thoughtful he is.
If you're still not catching on- even though what's going on in your life might be really shitty and you think it's never going to get better, if you confide in someone you trust and talk about what's going on, it CAN get better. I know you can reach out, even if it's just on here (but I recommend getting someone you can trust and talk one-on-one with personally.) I know you can reach out because I did.
And more- I deleted my list, and I hope my friend followed suit. Then, we both remade each other's lists we sent to be more positive and loving to ourselves.
So, find someone to remake your list for you. Find someone who will look you in the eyes in class when your about to cry and tell you it's ok and they'll help you get through it. Someone who gives nice warm hugs would also be preferred.

@Shuri-the-Floof-Doggo

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it it not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-interested, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not relish evil but rejoices with the truth."
-Corinthians, New Testament

Good morning/afternoon/evening my friends. Today I come to you to talk about love, and the dangers of abandoning it. The dangers of following it blindly. And finally, what it means to love. Thank you very much, everyone.

Love is a curious thing, and there are many different types of it. And it is all to sorrowful a thing to proclaim, but lately it seems, that love is lacking in our world. People are lying, cheating, stealing, killing mother Earth, and oppressing each other. Our situation is bleak for sure, but not without hope.
Hope for an idyllic future that you don't need fed to you by a company, or government, or other organization that might not even be telling the whole truth. It is a future that you can help build, yourself. See, very few of us, will have the power to truly alter the course of history. But we can all bend it in the right direction, just a miniscule amount. And that matters. And if I say that a lot it's because it's really important. So with that, let's talk about the subject of following love blindly, why don't we.

For all its beauty, and for all its purity, and for all the hope and good it inspires, love has a dark side as well. Love can be a thing which fogs the mind, which places a beautiful satin fold over the eyes, it can inspire complacency and a sense of false contentment, and impede progress. In just the opposite way, it is possible to experience compassion fatigue, and to lose sight of what's important. So I beseech you all, to take care of yourself, try to recharge your mind, spirit and body whenever is appropriate. One must act with both compassion, and a clear head. Thus is the dark side of love. But now, we arrive at the final segment of this very small essay.
The dangers of abandoning love.

I feel like it's everywhere lately, people are slowly losing their ability to feel for one another. It's like empathy, sympathy, guilt and shame have more-or-less left the building, and took a piece of love with them. And I'm not just talking about love for others. I'm talking about love for ourselves. And I know that words on a screen saying 'love yourself' isn't going to magically make it better, so if it's alright, I'd like to give you all just a little bit of optional homework.
Like I said, entirely optional.
A thousand word essay on the things you truly love about yourselves. Do it whenever you're able and willing, if you are at all. I know some of you folks are quite busy, so if you are please don't pile further work onto the heap.
Anyway I digress.
The dangers of abandoning love, are present all around. The plastic in our oceans, the toxins in our skies, the blood and tears on the hands of dictators, and the cold, hollow feeling that seems to have become the new status quo. And I can't offer a solution, I don't think any one person can, which is why it's important that we come together in times like this. As family, friends and companions.

Thank you all so much for your time.

@Jay-Marae-is-in-an-emotional-maze

Thank you, Shuri, and now I will elaborate on the dangers of losing sight of love.

God not only told us what love is, but He also told us how to use it.
When you see someone do evil or harm, do not meet them with resistance and disgust, meet them with love.

Some good verses on this:
"Do not take revenge on others or continue to hate them, but love your neighbors as you love yourself. I am the Lord." (Leviticus 19:18)
"Above everything, love one another earnestly, because love covers over many sins." (1 Peter 4:8)
"Be always humble, gentle, and patient. Show your love by being tolerant with one another. Do your best to preserve the unity which the Spirit gives by means of the peace that binds you together." (Ephesians 4:2-3)
"To conclude: you must all have the same attitude and the same feelings; love one another, and be kind and humble with one another. Do not pay back evil with evil or cursing with cursing; instead, pay back with a blessing, because a blessing is what God promised to give you when he called you." (1 Peter 3:8-9)

Now, you may not have to agree with what they did or simply just forget. You just need to forgive and teach.
Another thing though, they may not always respond well. But that's ok. If you give them a reminder that the thing they just did wasn't appropriate or the words they just could've hurt someone and they brush it off multiple times, that's not up to you to help them anymore. You can still love them and be kind with them (even if that means separating in extreme cases). After that, it's in God's hands.

@Echo_6 group

I'd like to put out there, that this chat is not just for people to put words of encouragement, but it's also it's a place you can come to to ask for encouragement. I'm not saying that if you're adding encouragement to this chat, that you should stop, I'm saying that this is a place to put it, and a place to ask for it.

@Echo_6 group

Okay I feel like this place has been a little depressing lately. Time for a funny story to brighten your day.

I grew up on small farm outside of a tiny town. We had a few animals like horses, sheep, goats, rabbits and chickens. We had a big forest in our backyard that I would explore it all the time.
Well, one day I was coming up from the forest, towards the house. And I glanced over and there were two of my sisters throwing a chicken on the roof of the house. Then I stepped onto the porch and stopped. I looked over and there were my sisters, throwing the chicken onto the roof.
Of course it land on the roof, turn around, and jump down. And as soon as it did that, my sisters would grab it again and throw it right back up. I stood there on the porch staring at them for a good two minutes before my mom came out. She gave one look at the girls and was like. "Stop throwing the chicken on the roof."
To which my sisters replied with. "We're trying to get a picture of it and it keeps jumping down."
My mom stared at them for a moment longer before turning to leave. I heard her mutter to herself. "That should not be something I should have to say." As she walked away.
So yeah, my sisters were throwing a chicken on the roof to try and take a picture.
If you need any motivation for something, my sisters paint a beautiful picture of strong will.
Have a wonderful rest of your day.

@Shuri-the-Floof-Doggo

"Hope is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest sea -
Yet - never - in extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me."
-Emily Dickenson on hope

Like I said it's popular as Hell