A few weeks ago, a girl I know threatened killed herself.
she made a facebook status before she did it.
It was about how recently, she'd lost all her friends. How? She didn't explain. But she said it turned her into a person she never wanted to be. She'd make fun of people at school, and push them around. She'd say things as jokes that made people go home and cry. She just didn't want anyone to know she was alone and insecure so that no one would see her as weak and therefore, she'd never get hurt.
But really, she cried non-stop when she got home and it'd usually last through most of the night until she could finally fade into a restless sleep. Her parents never cared and she didn't even have a sibling or anything for company.
So she just said at the end of her status these exact words:
"I'm done with this terrible world. I'm done with society. I'm done. And guess what? I think God has something planned for me much better than what I'd have if I stayed on this Earth. At 5 o'clock, my parents are leaving the house, and at 5:01, I'll be leaving the world."
When I saw this, it was 4:33. Immediately, although I barely new the girl, I couldn't bare the fact that some one I knew was serious about this. So I sat down and wrote a long and meaningful paragraph and told her, I know what it's like to lose all my friends. They're dropping like flies around me personally, and I notice myself doing the same thing some times, So I told her.
But I didn't forget to tell her how beautiful she was. Because she is. She's drop dead gorgeous in fact, I've always been pretty jealous of her. I told her she's smart and nice and we'll all miss her if she leaves. That she has so much to look foward to in life that getting through one rough patch will all be worth it in the end.
She messaged me at 4:40, ten minutes after I had posted the comment. This is how it went.
Her: Emily, what you said was the one nicest thing anyone's ever said to me. But I doubt you mean it. So thanks for trying, but please don't.
Me: I do mean it though, ____________. You're here for a reason and I do want you to stay.
Her: You barely know me. And I have no one here for me. No one. Not even my parents. I can't stay here so lonely and suffer the way I have been.
Me: You have me. And I will stay by your side, I will. I want to make you feel like you're wortth it, because you are. Everyone has a purpose and everyone deserves to live a happy and full life. So if you need some one to be there fore you to accomplish that, here I am.
and today, I call that girl my best friend. Because I saved her life. The feeling you get after something like that is priceless.
So, it's not just another stupid quote on witty when you see that you should tell some one they're beautiful before they kill themselves instead of after, because
you could save their life, just like I did.
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